Coprinus

noun

genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Coprinus

• Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Agaricaceae, ↑family Agaricaceae

• Member Meronyms:

↑inky cap, ↑inky-cap mushroom, ↑Coprinus atramentarius, ↑shaggymane, ↑shaggy cap, ↑shaggymane mushroom, ↑Coprinus comatus

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\\ˈkäprənəs, kəˈprīnəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek koprinos of dung, from kopros dung; from the habitat of some species — more at copr-

: a genus of black-spored agarics of the family Agaricaceae in which the pileus breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid — see shaggymane