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Coprinellus

Genus of fungi

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In 2020, phylogenetic analysis conducted by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer reclassified many Coprinellus species as belonging to the new genus Tulosesus.

Species

As of July 2022, Index Fungorum accepted 62 species of Coprinellus. In recent years many species were added to the genus having mostly been moved from Coprinus whilst numerous species were removed and placed in the genus Tulosesus in 2020. One species was moved to the monotypic genus Punjabia. The total number of accepted species has not changed greatly from the 66 in 2019, however many species have been moved. Due to the significant changes to this genus recently many old synonyms are likely to still be in use. As of February 2026, there were 73 accepted species of Coprinellus in Index Fungorum.

Many of these species appear similar and require microscopic analysis to differentiate and identify.

  1. Coprinellus alkalinus (Anastasiou) Voto (2021)
  2. Coprinellus alvesii P. Voto (2019)
  3. Coprinellus andreorum Sammut & Karich 2021
  4. Coprinellus apleurocystidiosus Voto (2021)
  5. Coprinellus aquatilis (Peck) Voto (2019)
  6. Coprinellus arenicola Wartchow & A.R.P. Gomes (2014)
  7. Coprinellus aureodisseminatus T. Bau & L.Y. Zhu 2024
  8. Coprinellus aureogranulatus (Uljé & Aptroot) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  9. Coprinellus austrodisseminatus T. Bau & L.Y. Zhu 2024
  10. Coprinellus bipellis (Romagn.) P. Roux, Guy García & Borgarino (2006)
  11. Coprinellus bulleri (Cacialli, Caroti & Doveri) Gminder (2010)
  12. Coprinellus campanulatus S. Hussain & H. Ahmad (2018)
  13. Coprinellus carbonicola (Singer) Voto (2020)
  14. Coprinellus castaneus (Berk. & Broome) Voto 2020
  15. Coprinellus chaignonii (Pat.) Voto (2019)
  16. Coprinellus crassitunicatus Voto (2021)
  17. Coprinellus criniticaulis Voto (2021)
  18. Coprinellus curtoides Voto (2021)
  19. Coprinellus curtus (Kalchbr.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  20. Coprinellus deliquescens (Bull.) P. Karst. (1879)
  21. Coprinellus deminutus (Enderle) Valade (2014)
  22. Coprinellus dendrocystotus (Voto) Voto 2023
  23. Coprinellus dilectissimus Voto & Maraia 2025
  24. Coprinellus dilectus (Fr.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  25. Coprinellus disseminatisimilis S. Hussain (2018)
  26. Coprinellus disseminatus (Pers.) J.E. Lange (1938)
  27. Coprinellus domesticus (Bolton) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  28. Coprinellus duricystidiosus Voto (2021)
  29. Coprinellus ellisii (P.D. Orton) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  30. Coprinellus ephemerus (Bull.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo 2001
  31. Coprinellus fimbriatus (Berk. & Broome) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  32. Coprinellus flocculosus (DC.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  33. Coprinellus furfurellus (Berk. & Broome) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  34. Coprinellus heptemerus (M. Lange & A.H. Sm.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  35. Coprinellus hylaeae (Singer) Voto (2022)
  36. Coprinellus limicola (Uljé) Doveri & Sarrocco (2011)
  37. Coprinellus magnoliae N.I. de Silva, Lumyong & K.D. Hyde (2021)
  38. Coprinellus maluri-cyanei Y.P. Tan & Bishop-Hurley 2024
  39. Coprinellus maysoidisporus Voto (2021)
  40. Coprinellus micaceus (Bull.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  41. Coprinellus neodilectus Voto (2019)
  42. Coprinellus occultivolvatus Voto (2021)
  43. Coprinellus ovatus M. Kamran & S. Jabeen (2020)
  44. Coprinellus pakistanicus Usman & Khalid 2018
  45. Coprinellus pallidissimus (Romagn.) P. Roux, Guy García & S. Roux (2006)
  46. Coprinellus papillatus Voto (2021)
  47. Coprinellus parapellucidus Voto (2021)
  48. Coprinellus parcus T. Bau, L.Y. Zhu & M. Huang 2024
  49. Coprinellus parvulus (P.-J. Keizer & Uljé) Házi, L. Nagy, Papp & Vágvölgyi (2011)
  50. Coprinellus phaeoxanthus A.R.P. Gomes & Wartchow (2016)
  51. Coprinellus plicatiloides (Buller) Voto (2020)
  52. Coprinellus pseudomicaceus (Dennis) Voto (2019)
  53. Coprinellus punjabensis Usman & Khalid (2021)
  54. Coprinellus pusillulus (Svrček) Házi, L. Nagy, Papp & Vágvölgyi (2011)
  55. Coprinellus pyrrhanthes (Romagn.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  56. Coprinellus radians (Desm.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  57. Coprinellus rufopruinatus (Romagn.) N. Schwab (2019)
  58. Coprinellus saccharinus (Romagn.) P. Roux, Guy García & Dumas (2006)
  59. Coprinellus sclerobasidium (Singer) Voto (2020)
  60. Coprinellus silvaticus (Peck) Gminder (2010)
  61. Coprinellus subangularis (Thiers) Voto (2020)
  62. Coprinellus subcurtus P. Voto (2019)
  63. Coprinellus subradians Voto (2021)
  64. Coprinellus subrenispermus (Singer) Voto (2020)
  65. Coprinellus tenuis S. Hussain (2018)
  66. Coprinellus tibiiformis Voto (2021)
  67. Coprinellus truncorum (Scop.) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  68. Coprinellus valdivianus (Singer) Voto, Dibán & Maraia 2023
  69. Coprinellus velutipes T. Bau & L.Y. Zhu 2024
  70. Coprinellus venustus (McKnight & P. Allison) Voto (2020)
  71. Coprinellus verrucispermus (Joss. & Enderle) Redhead, Vilgalys & Moncalvo (2001)
  72. Coprinellus xanthothrix (Romagn.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson (2001)
  73. Coprinellus xylophilus Voto (2021)

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