Coprinopsis mexicana (Murrill) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo is a fungus in the Psathyrellaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Coprinopsis mexicana (Murrill) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Coprinopsis mexicana (Murrill) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Coprinopsis mexicana is a fungus species in the Psathyrellaceae family, first described in 1918 and reclassified to Coprinopsis in 2001.

Genus
Coprinopsis
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Coprinopsis mexicana (Murrill) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo

Coprinopsis mexicana (Murrill) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo is a fungus species that belongs to the family Psathyrellaceae. It was first described as Coprinus mexicanus in 1918 by the American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill, and was moved to the genus Coprinopsis in 2001.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Psathyrellaceae Coprinopsis

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