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; [syn: Coprinus, genus Coprinus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Coprinus
n 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 [syn: Coprinus, genus Coprinus]