Species
Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare's foot inkcap)
Coprinopsis lagopus. Photo: (c) ConwaySuz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Coprinopsis lagopus is a species of fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. Until 2001, the species was known as Coprinus lagopus; advances in the understanding of phylogenetic relationships between the various coprinoid species led to a major reorganization of that genus. It is a delicate and short-lived fungus, the fruit bodies lasting only a few hours before dissolving into a black ink – a process called deliquescence. The vague resemblance of the young fruit body to the…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Suborder: Agaricineae
- Family: Psathyrellaceae
- Genus: Coprinopsis (Inkcaps)
- Section: Lanatulae (Coprinopsis sect. lanatulae)
- Species: Coprinopsis lagopus (Hare's foot inkcap)
- Section: Lanatulae (Coprinopsis sect. lanatulae)
- Genus: Coprinopsis (Inkcaps)
- Family: Psathyrellaceae
- Suborder: Agaricineae
- Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
- Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
- Class: Agaricomycetes
- Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
- Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
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