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Coprinopsis atramentaria, commonly known as the common ink cap, tippler's bane, or inky cap, is a species of fungus.Previously known as Coprinus atramentarius, it is the second best-known ink cap and previous member of the genus Coprinus after C. comatus.
Prototaxites / ˌ p r oʊ t oʊ ˈ t æ k s ɪ t iː z / is an extinct genus of terrestrial fungi dating from the Late Silurian until the Late Devonian periods. [1] [2] Prototaxites formed large trunk-like structures up to 1 metre (3 ft) wide, reaching 8 metres (26 ft) in length, [3] made up of interwoven tubes around 50 micrometres (0.0020 in) in diameter, making it by far the largest land ...
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, [5] is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita.It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, and usually red mushroom.
This is the basis for the common recommendation to slice in half all puffball-like mushrooms picked when mushroom hunting. Mushroom hunters recommend that people know how to recognize both the death cap and the destroying angel in all of their forms before collecting any white gilled mushroom for consumption. [citation needed]
A 2008 molecular phylogenetic study clarified the relationships among the mushroom-forming species of the family. [15] The authors demonstrated the existence of four distinct lineages of gilled mushrooms, which led to the description of Multifurca as a new genus separated from Russula [15] and the segregation of Lactifluus from Lactarius. [16] [17]
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source.
Calvatia gigantea, commonly known in English as the giant puffball, is a puffball mushroom commonly found in meadows, fields, and deciduous forests in late summer and autumn. It is found in temperate areas throughout the world. [1]
The older name Clitocybe infundibuliformis is often identified as a synonym of I. gibba, [11] [12] [7] but according to Species Fungorum that use was incorrect and the original C. infundibuliformis was a different mushroom. [4] The name infundibuliformis derives from the Latin "infundibulum", a funnel, with the suffix "-formis" - so it means ...