Coprinopsis marcescibilis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae, originally described by Max Britzelmayr as Agaricus marcescibilis in 1893 before being reclassified in 2008 following molecular phylogenetics studies that reorganized the traditional genus Coprinus. This small saprobic fungus produces grey-brown hygrophanous caps that fade to whitish when dry, with white gills that darken to brown with age, and grows on nutrient-rich soils and decaying wood, particularly in urban green spaces.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Coprinopsis marcescibilis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Psathyrella microrhiza
- Psathyrella spadiceogrisea
- Psathyrella corrugis
- Coprinopsis longipes
- Parasola conopilea
- Coprinopsis lotinae
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Psathyrellaceae
- Genus
- Coprinopsis
- Species
- Coprinopsis marcescibilis
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