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Pileus campanulate, 3 in. across, umber, deeply sulcate up to tbe darker
wrinkled disc, sprinkled with large micaceous particles, revolnte iu decay ;
stem 5 in. high, lines thick, attenuated upwards, slightly bulbous at the
base, straight, smooth, or rather minutely silky, snow-white, fistulose,
umber w ithin; gills narrow, attenuated at either end, free, deep rich brown,
then black.—A. A Br.
4 6 8 . Coprinus rad ian s. “ Radiating Coprinus.”
Pileus membranaceous, oyato-campannlate, micaceous, disc
granuloso-squamose, margin stria te ; stem equal, naked, sbort,
fibrilloso-radiating at tbe base; gills reaching tbe stem, sub-
linear, wbite, then yiolaceous-bkok.—Fr. Epicr. p . 248. Ann.
Sc. N at. xiii. 1. 10 ,/. 1. Sow. 1. 145. Eng. F l. y .p . 121.
On plaster walls.
Pileus 2 in. broad, gills free, numerous, at first white. Stem IJ in. high,
2 Knes thick, cylindric, fistulose, almost equal, curved iu eonäequence of its
vertical place of growth, naked, smooth, furnished with a radiating base 2
in. broad.—Aesm. Spores '00033 X '00027 in .—TP. G. S.
4 6 9 .
SI* Glabrati.
Coprinus d e liq n e s c en s .
Coprinus.”
Fr. “ Deliquescent
Pileus submembranaceous, ovato-campanulate, tben expanded,
subrepand, broadly striate, smootb, top studded witb innate
papillae; stem hollow, smootb; gills at length remote, linear,
lurid black.—Fr. Epicr. p. 249. F l. Dan. 1. 1070. Bull. t. 558,
f . l . F l.B o ru s s .t3 7 b .
On old stumps.
Sometimes confounded with 0. atramentarius. Pileus 3-4 in. broad, livid,
never fioccose. Gills at length very narrow.
Sect. 2. Veliformes. Pileus plicato-sulcate.
* Cyclodei—stem annulate or volvate.
4 7 0 . Coprinus H en d e r s o n ii. Fr. “ Henderson’s Coprinus.”
Pileus very delicate, oval, campanulate, smooth, striate to tbe
middle; stem filiform, becoming smooth, witb a small erect
entire ring (at length evanescent) ; gills black.—F r . Epicr. p.
250. Berh. Hooh. Journ. t. 26,f . 1. Berh. Outl. t. 24, f. 8. Price,
f . 114.
On hot beds and on dung in fields. Rare. Milton, &c.,
Norths.
Looks like a small annulate-4. disseminatus* Pileus finely granulated
under a lens.
* * Lanatuli—pileus superficially floccose, veil evanescent.
4 7 1 . Coprinus m a c ro c ep h a lu s. “ Stunted Coprinus.”
Pileus- at first cylindrical, then oylindrico-campanulate,
sprinkled with pointed scales; stem dirty white, fistulose,
clothed witb sbort cottony down and loose fibres, strigose at tbe
base; gills linear, perfectly free.—Berh. Outl.p. 180. Eng. F l. v.
p . 122.
On putrid dung. Cotterstock, Norths.
Pileus f in. broad, | in. high, linear when young, then cylindrioo-cam-
panulate, margin slightly spread out, adorned with elegant, adpressed, or
patent scales, the remains of the veil; apex brown, shaded off into slate-
colour on the margin, scarcely at all pubescent; gills linear, perfectly free, at
length black. Stem 1-2 in. high, 2 lines thick, ascending, dirty win te, fistulöse,
clothed with short cottony down, and with longer, sometimes deflexed
loose fibres, strigose at the base, somewhat attenuated upwards, and stained
with the black elliptic spores.—M. J. A.
4 7 2 . Copzinus la g o p u s. Fr. “ Hare’s-foot Coprinus.”
Pileus very tbin, cylindrical, then campanulate, clothed with
white flocci, at length split, radiato-sulcate, somewhat revolute ;
stem very fragile, on all parts woolly, wbite ; gills free, linear,
black.—F r. Epicr. p . 250. Saund. 4 Sm. 1. 19.
On dung.
Remarkable for the dense cottony coat of the stem, which is 5 in. long or
more. Pileus about 1 in. broad, whitish; disc livid.
4 7 3 . Copzinus n y c th em e z u s . Fr. “ Thin-capped Coprinus.”
Pileus very thin, soon rimóse, expanded, flocculoso-furfura-
ceous, discoid, then naked, furcato-striate; stem equal, flaccid,
smooth, whitish; gills free, narrow, blackish, at first crowded,
then distant, remote.—Fr. E picr.p. 251. Bull. t. 542,/. D.I.
On dung. King’s Cliffe. Norths. [Cincinnati.]
Pileus grey, a few lines across, from 4 lines to i in. or more high; disc
brown ¡ stem whitish.