f e e , -reixtricose, purplish.— Fr. Epicr. p. 242. Mich. i. 83 f 3
E n g .F l. Y . p . 119. Ann. N .H . no. 150. '
On dung. Rare. King’s Cliffe.
Pileus l i in. broad, dingy; stem 5 in. long, bollow, solid a t the base.
** Atramentarii.
4 5 6 . Coprinus a tr am en ta r iu s. Fr. “ Inky Coprinus.”
Pileus slightly fleshy, ovate, then expanded, repand, spotted
a t the top with innate squamules ; stem hollow, firm, zoned
within; ring abrupt, fugacious; gills free, ventricose, white,
then purplish-blaok.—Fr. Epicr. p. 243. Fl. Dan. t. 1370 P I
Boruss. t 390. Price./. 40. Sow. 1. 188. Vaill. t. 12, f. 10-11.’
Bull. t. 164. Berh. Outl. 1. 12, f . 1. Coohe. B. F. 1. 12 Ena F l
V. p . 119. Badh. i. t. 10, / . 1. ii. t. 9 ,/. 1-2.
About old stumps and on naked soil. Common. Esculent.
[United States.]
l a t e " o b t j j e d T ^ '* “'®' » / “ orehigh, late obtuse, edge uneven, dirty-grey, at length browsnuisbhc,a rinnonsaeto, -cfiabmripllaonsne -
more or less furfuraeeous and corrugated, apex often scaly ; gills very broad
and close, ventricose, umber, margin white, rounded behind quite free •
b r i í t l ^ î h p ^ ^ + " fibrillose, attenuated upwards'
V o i l ’in banded ooneentrieaily—iff. J . A. Spores -00035 X
[Copkinus iu e id u s . D r. (Bolton, t. 25.) has only been found by Bolton
a t Halifax, and is probably a variety of th e above.] ’
4 5 7 . Coprinus fu s c e s c en s . Fr. “ Brownish Coprinus.”
Pileus submembranaceous, ovate, then expanded, unpolished-
disc rather fieshy, even or cracked, scaly ; stem hollow, fra°-ile’
incurved subfibrillose, scarcely annulate; gills fixed, umberblack.—
Dr. Epicr. p. 244. Schoeff. t. 17. Paul. t. 1 2 5 ,/. 1.
On dead stumps. Rare. Kilmory. [Cincinnati.]
More delicate than C. atramewtarius, smaller and more fragile • nileus
browmsh-grey 2, rarely 3 in. broad ; the disc becoming ffiown not
sprinkled wito micaceous particles, hut a t first covered with an o!am?e
m t x -oéolsTn.' ^ with {aTni go.b h q u r a p rg T s : 38, ;
*** Picacei.
4 5 8 . C o p rin u s p ic a c e u s . Dr. “ Magpie Coprinus.”
Pileus membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, striate, varie-
j,ated with broad, white, superficial scales; stem bollow, bulbous,
not rooting,fragile, smootb; gills free, ventricose, cinereous-
black.—Dr. Epicr. p. 244. Bull. t. 206. Sow. 1. 170. F l. Dan.
1. 144. Smith. P .M .f. 9. E n g .F l. v. p. 119.
Cn roadsides. Rare.
Pileus 2 in. broad and high, campanulate, glutinous, closely grooved,
brown with a tinge of red above; margin cinereous, dimpled at the apex;
cuticle cracking into large pale fawn-coloured subconic scales, flesh very
thin ; gills broad, ventricose, narrow in front, black, the extreme margin,
except when deliquescent, white, quite free ; stem 6 in. high, J in. thick at
the base, beautifully satiny with adpressed fibrillæ, attenuated above,
where it is subtomentose and stained with the spores, sub-bulbous below,
hoUow.—A/. J. A. Spores -00055 X -00036 in.
4 5 9 . Copriuus a p h th o su s. Dr. “ Scaly Coprinus.”
Pileus membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, without striæ,
sprinkled witb superficial floccose scales, then naked; stem
hollow, equal, twisted, fibrillose ; gills adnate, linear, wbite, then
black.—Dr. Epicr.p. 245. Bolt. t. 26.
In bollow trees, cellars, etc.
Pileus ahout an inch high, livid, not striate ; stem 2 in. long, 2 lines
thick, soft, white.
4 6 0 . Coprinus s im ilis . B . 4 B r. “ Striate Coprinus.”
Pileus ovato-campanulate, lineato-striate, pallid, centre obscurely
hygrophanous, clotbed with acute brown warts ; stem
bollow, white, largest at the base; gills adnate, attenuated
behind, sublinear, brownish near tbe margin.—B. 4 Br. Ann.
N .H .1 8 6 b ,n o . 1011.
On trunks of dead trees. Sept. Bodelwyddan.
Resembling C. aphthosus, but differing in the striate pilens, &c.
4 6 1 . Coprinus flo c cu lo su s. B .C . “ Flocculose Coprinus.”
Pileus membranaceous, globose, tben expanded, striate, discoid
; clothed witb evanescent floccose scales, a t length smooth ;
stem bollow, equal, smooth, naked; gills remote, ventricose,
violaceous, then brownisb-black.—F r .E p ic r .p . 24b. Batt. i. 25,
f .A . Ann. N . H. no. 926.
In pastures. Aug. King’s Cliffe.
Pileus 2Jin. across, ovate, at length expanded, dirty-white, striate, splitting
in the direction o fthe gills, covered with innate scales, thus resembling
C. picaceus ; stem 3 in. high, attenuated upwards, white, slightly swollen at
the base, smooth, or rather finely silky under a lens ; gills free, generally
solitary.—B* Br.