Decapitatus [SEP] parent taxon
Decapitatus
Decapitatus is a genus of fungus in the family Mycenaceae. The genus, an anamorph of "Mycena", is monotypic, containing the single species Decapitatus flavidus.
" is "decapitatus" which was used to create "decapitationem", the noun form of "decapitatus" in Medieval Latin. From the Medieval Latin form, "decapitationem", the French word "décapitation" was produced.
History.
Execution by beheading has been used as a form of capital punishment for millennia. The Narmer Palette (c. 3000 B.C.E) shows the first known depiction of decapitated corpses. The terms "capital offence", "capital crime", "capital punishment," derive from the