Genus of fungi
Coprinopsis is a genus of mushrooms in the family Psathyrellaceae."" "Coprinopsis" was split out of the genus "Coprinus" based on molecular data. The species "Coprinopsis cinerea" is a model organism for mushroom-forming basidiomycota, and its genome has recently been sequenced completely.
Taxonomy.
The genus was described in 1881 by the Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten with the type species "Coprinopsis friesii" and "C. phaeospora" placed within it, both having formerly been classified as "Coprinus" species. Karsten stopped using the "Coprinopsis" genus name by 1889 and in 1887 it was considered a subgenus of "Coprinus" by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard.
The genus name "Coprinopsis" was revived in 2001 when phylogenetic analysis was used to classify and rearrange species within the "Coprinus" genus. "Coprinopsis" was considered to be an advantageous name to use for the genus due to using the same root word as "Coprinus." Despite the name however many of these species are not associated with dung and the type species itself was described as growing from dry grass on the edge of woodland.
Etymology.
"Coprinopsis" derives from the Greek "kóprinos" meaning dung and the Greek suffix "ópsis". This refers to the similarity to "Coprinus" species. 
Selected species.
"For complete list see" List of "Coprinopsis" species
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