Coprotus

Coprotus
Coprotus sexdecimsporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Thelebolales
Family:	Thelebolaceae
Genus:	Coprotus Korf ex Korf & Kimbr. (1967)
Type species
Coprotus sexdecimsporus (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Kimbr. & Korf (1967)

Coprotus is a genus of dung-inhabiting "cup fungi"; it has been assigned to the family Thelebolaceae, though doubt has subsequently been thrown on that placement. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Coprotus albidus
• Coprotus arduennensis
• Coprotus argenteus
• Coprotus aurora
• Coprotus baeosporus
• Coprotus dextrinoideus
• Coprotus dhofarensis
• Coprotus disculus
• Coprotus duplus
• Coprotus glaucellus
• Coprotus granuliformis
• Coprotus lacteus
• Coprotus leucopocillum
• Coprotus luteus
• Coprotus marginatus
• Coprotus niveus
• Coprotus ochraceus
• Coprotus rhyparobioides
• Coprotus sarangpurensis
• Coprotus sexdecimsporus
• Coprotus sphaerosporus
• Coprotus trichosuri
• Coprotus uncinatus
• Coprotus vicinus
• Coprotus winteri

References

1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
2. Kušan I, Matočec N, Jadan M, Tkalčec Z, Mešić, A (January 2018). "An overview of the genus Coprotus (Pezizales, Ascomycota) with notes on the type species and description of C. epithecioides sp. nov". MycoKeys. 29 (29): 15–47. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.29.22978 . PMC   5804121 . PMID   29559824 . Retrieved 2021-02-16.