parvisporus Bogart (1975) Coprinopsis nivea is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.

It was first described in 1801 by the German mycologist Christiaan Hendrik Persoon who classified it as Agaricus niveus.

[4][5] In 2001 phylogentic analysis restructured the Coprinus genus and it was reclassified as Coprinopsis nivea by the mycologists Scott Alan Redhead, Rytas J. Vilgalys & Jean-Marc Moncalvo.

[7][8] The specific epithet nivea (originally niveus) is Latin for snowy or snow covered.

Grows in small trooping or tufting groups on old dung, especially that of cows[10] and horses, Summer through late Autumn.