Dung-loving Deconica

Deconica coprophila

"Deconica coprophila" is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. It can grow on cattle dung. While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom.
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Naming

First described as "Agaricus coprophilus" by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793, it was transferred to the genus "Psilocybe" by Paul Kummer in 1871. In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the "Psilocybe" was polyphyletic, and the non-bluing species were transferred to "Deconica".

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyStrophariaceae
GenusDeconica
SpeciesD. coprophila
Photographed in
Australia