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Coprinellus curtus

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Coprinellus curtus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Psathyrellaceae
Genus:	Coprinellus
Species:	C. curtus
Binomial name
*Coprinellus curtus* (Kalchbr.) Vilgalys, Hopple & Jacq. Johnson

Coprinellus curtus is a species of mushroom in the family Psathyrellaceae. It was first describedasCoprinus curtusbyKároly Kalchbrenner in 1876 before being transferred to the genus Coprinellus in 2001.^[1]

A strain of this fungus (named GM-21) produces an anti-fungal compound known to inhibit bottom-rot disease of Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris) caused by the plant pathogen Rhizonoctonia solani.^[2]

It is a coprophilous fungus and it is known to grow on the dungofdonkeys, sheep and goats.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Redhead SA, Vilgalys R, Moncalvo J-M, Johnson J, Hopple JS Jr (2001). "Coprinus Pers. and the disposition of Coprinus species sensu lato". Taxon. 50 (1): 203–241. doi:10.2307/1224525. JSTOR 1224525.

^ Richardson, Michael J. (2008). "Coprophilous fungi from the Greek Aegean islands" (PDF). Mycologia Balcanica. 5: 23–32.

Coprinellus curtus

Coprinus curtus

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