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206 AGARICACEÆ Coprinus
936a. C. roseotinetus Rea (from the rose-coloured meal on the
pileus and stem) a.
P. membranous, cylindrical, then expanded and revolute
umbonate, fuscous, densely powdered with deep rose-coloured
meal; marg. sulcate. St. hollow, semibulbous below, when
^ u n g powdered as P., less so at maturity, base white-floccose
G. adnexed, at first white, becoming black.
On the ground. Aug. i j x 2® x A ¡n. Allied to 936 and 946a
937. C. eothurnatus Godey in Gill, (from the stem, sheathed with
£ i V « r ” “ ^''Skilled; cothurnus, a
P. conico-expanded, revolute, reddish-white or pale buff.
white. G. narrow lanceolate, salmon to blackish.
Dung, cow. Autumn, i j X i | X J in.
e. Micacea.
938. C. mieaeeus Fr. (from the minute shining particles on the
pueus ; fuica, a shining grain) a b c
p . campanulato-expanded, lobed, splitting, yellow-ferruginous •
mid. darker; marg. plicate, becoming purple-brown. 5 /. white-
silky or fibrillose, with an annular ridge near base, white or
pale ochreous-whitish. G. adnexed, purple-brown to dark slate
Densely clustered. Amongst grass, at base of stumps and posts crardens'•
common. Jan.-Nov 2I y, n y. ^ in Txxrr. . -I;, S^-rdens ;
Pileus sometimes white. ^ ^ ^ crops annually.
938a. C. truneorum Fr. (from its habitat, tree-trunks) a
P. at first globose, then campanulate, densely covered with
micaceous meal, soon naked, then tawny ochreous; marg
striate, not becoming sulcate. 57 glabrous, hollow, white!
G. free, rosy, then black.
^ b ew M L T '; I k Distinguished from 938 by the P
m s y lilk ® "‘ft '‘nd kith free
939. C. aratus B & Br, (from a fancied resemblance in the sulcate
pileus to furrows; aro to plough) a i
P. campanulate then revolute, umber. 57 smooth or silky, with
a slight annular ridge near base, white, pale sienna-tan within.
G. lanceolate, dark brown to purple-brown and black.
Solitary. Hollow trees, rich ground, dunghills. May-Aug. 2f x 6J x i i n
^‘stemf« 1 radiating mycelium at the base "of Ae
P. campanulato-expanded then revolute, tawny; mid. sienna.
57 at first wuh an annular ridge, then smooth, white or faintly
ochreous. G. lanceolate, reddish-purplish-brown to violaceous-
^ tJaank. l ’jluuilyT. ' I f X 4^ x j in. The usually white or olive-och'r eu nmcovmeemHnonm.
IS sometimes black, resembling radiating threads of black silk
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Coprinus AGARICACEÆ 207
941. C. papillatus Fr. (from the minute umbo on the pileus ; papilla,
a teat) a b.
P. campanulato-flat, then revolute ; um. prominent, ochreous-
umber ; mid. darker. St. smooth, flocculose below, whitish.
G. ventricose, blackish.
On the ground, amongst grass, dung. June. è X X A Less
fugacious than other Coprini. Var. oxygéna Fr., whitish or greyish.
P. and St. sparingly flocculose.
f . Glabratæ.
942. C. alternatus Fr. (from the striæ of the pileus, alternately
broad and narrow) a c.
P. hemispherical, whitish ; mid. umber, sometimes pale. St.
whitish. G. adnate, narrow, purple-black to black.
Subcæspitose. On the ground, i f X 4J X A « .
943. C. deliqueseens Fr. (from the dissolving gills; deliquesco, to
dissolve) a c.
P. campanulato-expanded, grey or livid ; marg. granuloso-
punctate, faintly ochreous. St. shining white. G. free, slate
to blackish.
Subcæspitose. Stumps, amongst fallen leaves, thatch ; frequent. Aug.-
Sept. 2 f X 4 X A « •
944. C. tardus Karst, (from its sometimes late appearance ; tardtts,
slow, late) a b.
P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, bright brown to pale ochreous-
tan. St. thinly pruinose, shining white, minutely striate above,
woolly below. G. adnexed, brown to shining black.
Densely cæspitose. Odour none. On the ground. Oct. 2j X 6J X A 'n-
Brittle, hygrophanous.
945. C. digitalis Fr. (from the finger-like young state; digitus, a
finger) a.
P. conico-hemispherical, faint ochre ; mid. sienna, then yellowish-
grey or olive tinted. St. faint ochreous-white. G, adnexed,
blackish.
Tufted. On the ground, woody places. Autumn, X 4^ X in.
946. C. eongregatus Fr. (from the densely cæspitose habit), abc.
P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, ochreous ; rnid. sienna. St.
faintly ochreous-white. G. adnexo-free, linear, black.
On the ground by roadsides, hothouses. Oct.-Nov. i X i f X A « .
V eliformes.
g. Cyclodeoe.
946a. C. dileetus Fr. (from its beauty ; dilectus, beloved) a b.
P. cylindrical, then campanulate, obtuse, floccose or mealy, rosy-
white, then pale, tawny ; marg. finely striate, at length splitting
and becoming revolute and naked. 57 hollow, whitish.