Coprinopsis ephemeroides
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| Coprinopsis ephemeroides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Psathyrellaceae |
| Genus: | Coprinopsis |
| Species: | C. ephemeroides |
| Binomial name | |
| Coprinopsis ephemeroides (DC.) G.Moreno (2010) | |
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Coprinopsis ephemeroides, commonly known as the ringed dung inky cap,[2] is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.
First described as Agaricus ephemeroides by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1805,[3] it was transferred to the genus Coprinopsis in 2010 by Gabriel Moreno.[4]
Description
The semitranslucent cap is up to 5 millimetres (1⁄4 in) wide and the stipe 6 centimetres (2+1⁄4 in) long.[2]
