Genus 2. H IA T U tA . Fries Novce S ym lo lm ,p .ll,
Ilia'tula, diminutive of hiatus = a cleft. From the splitting
pileus.
Pileus very thin, without distinct pellicle, formed from the union
of the back of the gills, splitting when expanded, as in very thin
species of Coprinus, but not deliquescent, and spores white.
8 2 5 . H ia tu la Wynniae. B. 4 Br. Ann. N. H. No. 1772.
WynnicB = in honour of Mrs. Lloyd Wynne.
White. Pileus tender, striate, pulverulent, d arker in the c en tre ;
stem slender, striate ; gills rath er broad, rough.— Cooke Illus. t.
688.
In a stove at Kew.
Pileus 1 Jin. across ; stem 1 in. high, 1 line thick. One specimen beoamo
darker in drying, and had a longer and thicker stem.
Genus 3. COPRINUS. Fr. Fpicr. p. 241.
Cop’rinus, from KoVpos = dung ; their frequent habitat.
Hymenophore distinct from the stem, gills membranaceous, at
first crowded, coherent, scissile, a t length deliquescing into a black
fluid, trama none. Spores even, black.
Hab. In rank places, often on dung, but sometimes on decaying
wood.
Irihe 1 . Pelliculosi.—Cuticle fleshy, or membranaceous.
* CoMATi. With a volvate ring, cuticle of pilcus torn in scales.
8 2 6 . Coprinus comatus. Fr. Eym. Fur. 320.
Coma’tus = having long hair (coma), shaggy.
Pileus rather fleshy, cylindrical, then expanded, even, soon torn
into hroad, adpressed, scattered scales; stem hollow, fibrillose, bulb
solid, rooting ; ring moveable ; gills free, linear, white, then purplish,
a t length black.—Norn. t. 189. Grev. t. 119. Badh. I , t. 1 0 ,/. 2 ■
ii., t. 7, / . 1-3. Price, f . 49. Trans. Woolh. Cl. 1868, t. i s ’
Curt. FI. L . t. 93. Hogg. 4 Johnst. t. 3. Cooke Illus. t. 658.
Sides of roads, pastures, &c. Common. Esculent.
8 2 7 . Coprinus o v a tu s. Schatff. Icon. t. 7.
Ovalus = oi the shape of an egg, ovum ; ovate.
Pileus submembranaceous, OMaic, then expanded, stria te ; at
first woven into densely imbricated, thick, concentric scales; stem
bulbous, rooting, flocculose, hollow above, ring deciduous ; gills
remote, lanceolate, white, then brownish-black.—Fr. Hym. Eur.
320. Cooke Illus. t. 659.
In pastures.
Spores 12 X 8 p. G.M.
8 2 8 . Coprinus s t e r q u ilin u s . Fr. Eym. Fur. 321.
Sterquili'nus, from sterquilinum (or sterquilinium) = a dung-pit.
Pileus membranaceous, conical, then expanded, sulcate, at first
villous or silky, disc rather fleshy, squarroso-squamose ; stem attenuated
; fibrillose, base solid, not rooting, annulate; gills free,
ventricose, purplish.—Cooke Illus. t. 660.
Cn dung. Bare.
8 2 9 . Coprinus oh le c tn s. Bolt. Fung. t. 142.
Oblectus, freely formed from ohlecto = I d e lig h t; confused with
dilectus, a species to which it is akin (Fries).
Pileus membranaceous, conic-campanulate, everywhere silky, then
smooth, sulcate ; stem hollow, soft, silky, becoming even, with a
sheathing ring-like base, gills free, linear, flesh-coloured, growing
black.—Fr. Hym. Fur. 321. Cooke Illus. t. 661, after Bolton,
Cn dung.
No record since Bolton’s time.
? Spores 23-26 X 14 ¡x. G.M. From an uncertain specimen.
** A t r a m b n t a r i i . Somewhat ringed (not volvate), pileus dotted,
or spotted with innate minute scales.
8 3 0 . Coprinus atramenta r ius. Fr. Eym. Fur. 322.
Atramenta'rius, from atramentum = i n k ; into which it seems to
deliquesce.
Pileus slightly fleshy, ovate, then expanded, repand, spotted at
the top with innate squamules; stem hollow, firm, zoned within ;
ring abrupt, fugacious ; gills free, ventricose, white, then purplish
black.—Price f. 40. Sow. t. 188. Berk. Outl. t. 12, f. 1 . Badh.
i. t. 1 0 , f . 1 ; ii. t. 9 , / . 1-2. Cooke Illu s. t. 662.
About old stumps and on naked soil. Common. Esculent.
Spores 12 X G it. G-M.
8 3 1 . Coprinus sob olife ru s. Fr. Eym. Fur. 322.
SohoUferus, from sóbales (better suholes) = an off-shoot; and
fero — I bear.