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Pearsall, Peter/USFWS
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07/07/2005Media Usage Rights/License
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Coprinus is a small genus of mushroom-forming fungi consisting of Coprinus comatus - the shaggy ink cap or shaggy mane - and several of its close relatives. Until 2001, Coprinus was a large genus consisting of all agaric species in which the lamellae autodigested to release their spores.