Coprinus comatus

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q275125
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Coprinus comatus

Summary

Coprinus comatus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,430 views/month, #1,181 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Coprinus comatus received the Mushroom of the Year[3].
  • Coprinus comatus's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • Coprinus comatus's instance of is recorded as cultivated mushroom[5].
  • Coprinus comatus is classified at the rank of species[6].
  • Coprinus comatus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[7].
  • Coprinus comatus belongs to the parent taxon Coprinus[8].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Coprinus comatus is Coprinus comatus[9].
  • Coprinus comatus's Commons category is recorded as Coprinus comatus[10].
  • Coprinus comatus's has basionym is recorded as Agaricus comatus[11].
  • Coprinus comatus's hymenium type is recorded as lamella[12].
  • Coprinus comatus's mushroom cap shape is recorded as conical mushroom cap[13].
  • Coprinus comatus's hymenium attachment is recorded as free hymenium attachment[14].
  • Coprinus comatus's stipe character is recorded as ring stipe[15].
  • Coprinus comatus's spore print color is recorded as black[16].
  • Coprinus comatus's mushroom ecological type is recorded as saprobiont[17].
  • Coprinus comatus's mushroom ecological type is recorded as nematophagous fungus[18].
  • Coprinus comatus's edibility is recorded as choice mushroom[19].
  • Coprinus comatus's edibility is recorded as edible mushroom[20].
  • Coprinus comatus's edibility is recorded as medicinal mushrooms[21].
  • Coprinus comatus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coprinus comatus[22].
  • Coprinus comatus's Commons gallery is recorded as Coprinus comatus[23].
  • Coprinus comatus's taxon synonym is recorded as Agaricus comatus[24].
  • Coprinus comatus's taxon synonym is recorded as Agaricus comatus var. campanulatus[25].
  • Coprinus comatus's taxon synonym is recorded as Coprinus comatus var. ovatus[26].
  • Coprinus comatus's taxon synonym is recorded as Coprinus comatus var. breviceps[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Coprinus comatus is Coprinus comatus[9]. It is classified at the rank of species[6]. It belongs to the parent taxon Coprinus[8]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'cap inc aflêr'}[28], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Geschubde inktzwam'}[29], {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '毛頭鬼傘'}[30], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'hnojník obecný'}[31], {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'Wolhaarinkmus'}[32], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shaggy ink cap'}[33].

Identifiers

Coprinus comatus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47392[34]. Coprinus comatus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 56187[35]. Coprinus comatus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1030658[36]. Coprinus comatus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7987658[37].

Why It Matters

Coprinus comatus ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,430 views/month, #1,181 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

FAQs

What awards did Coprinus comatus receive?

Honors received include Mushroom of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . dgfm-ev.de. Retrieved . dgfm-ev.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. Retrieved . bfr.bund.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Standard list on edibility of mushrooms in Norway. Retrieved . soppognyttevekster.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
  21. [36] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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