Coprinopsis radiata

Coprinopsis radiata

''Coprinopsis radiata'' is a coprophilous fungus that grows on herbivore dung. It is heterothallic.
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Appearance

After mating and dikaryotic fruiting, the initial fruit body is narrow egg-shaped and white. The mature fruit body is bluish-grey.

Cultural

''Coprinopsis radiata'' is successfully cultured on horse dung at room temperature; under these conditions the fungus can form a mushroom .

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyPsathyrellaceae
GenusCoprinopsis
SpeciesC. radiata