genus coprinus

1. 1.

   genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae

   SynonymsCoprinus

   Broaderfungus genus

   Part ofAgaricaceae

Questions about genus coprinus

What does genus coprinus mean?

genus coprinus means "genus of black-spotted agarics in which the cap breaks down at maturity into an inky fluid; sometimes placed in its own family Coprinaceae".

What is another word for genus coprinus?

Close synonyms include Coprinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus coprinus a common word?

genus coprinus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.