Coprinopsis acuminata

Coprinopsis acuminata, commonly known as the humpback inkcap mushroom and earlier as Coprinus acuminatus, is a coprophilous fungus that grows on herbivore dung. It is heterothallic.

Coprinopsis acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinopsis
Species:	C. acuminata
Binomial name
Coprinopsis acuminata (Romagn.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)

Taxonomy

Coprinopsis acuminata was first described as Coprinus acuminatus in 1969^[1][2] and later as Coprinopsis acuminata.^[3]