genus Coprinus

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Coprinus - genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family CoprinaceaeCoprinusfungus genus - includes lichen generaAgaricaceae, family Agaricaceae - large family including many familiar mushroomsCoprinus atramentarius, inky cap, inky-cap mushroom - having a cap that melts into an inky fluid after spores have maturedCoprinus comatus, shaggy cap, shaggymane, shaggymane mushroom - common edible mushroom having an elongated shaggy white cap and black spores