Coprinellus curtus

Coprinellus curtus is a species of mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae. It was first described as Coprinus curtus by Károly Kalchbrenner in 1876 before being transferred to the genus Coprinellus in 2001.^[1]

Coprinellus curtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinellus
Species:	C. curtus
Binomial name
Coprinellus curtus (Kalchbr.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson

A strain of this fungus (named GM-21) produces an anti-fungal compound known to inhibit bottom-rot disease of Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris) caused by the plant pathogen Rhizonoctonia solani.^[2]

It is a coprophilous fungus and it is known to grow on the dung of donkeys, sheep and goats.^[3]