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var. p u lla tu s. Fr.
Pulla'tvs — clothed in black.
Pileus adpressedly squamose, and tomentose, soon naked, fuscous
becoming blackish ; stem equal, at length smooth.—Noiti. t. 262.
Spores 12 X 10 g. G.M.
var. macirorhizus. Fers. Syn. 398.
Macro-rhi'zus, from /laKpos = long, and pt^a = a root.
Pileus squamose ; stem shorter, rather marginately bulbous,
rooting, villous.— Coolce Illus. t. 670.
Spores 12-14 X 9 G.M.
var. c in e r eu s. Schceff. t. 100.
Ciner'eus — 0Î the colour of ashes, cinères.
Pileus membranaceous, floccosely mealy, then naked, ashy grey ;
stem almost eqnal, twisted, not rooting, hollow at the base.— Cooke
Illus. t. 671.
On dung.
8 3 9 . Coprinus tom en to su s. Fr. Eym. Fur. 325.
Tomento'sus = îv\\ of “ stuffing,” tomentum; floccose, downy.
Pileus submembranaceous, cylindrical, then conical, stnate, floc-
coso-tomentose, then longitudinally cracked ; stem hollow, rather
short, equal, velvety ; gills free, linear, brownish, then black.—
Bolt. t. 136. Cooke Illu s. t. 672 A.
On dung and in rich pastures.
Spores 18 X 9 G.M.
8 4 0 . Coprinus n iv e u s . Fr. Eym. Fur. 325.
Niv'eus — snowy.
Pileus submembranaceous, oval, then campanulate, and expanded,
floocoso-sqnamulose, almost persistently clad with dense white down;
stem fistulose, equal, villous, white ; gills subadnate, narrow,
blackish.—Sow. t. 262 ? Cooke Illu s. t. 672 B.
On horse duiig. Common.
Spores 16 X 12 y. G.M.
8 4 1 . Coprinus cothurnatus. Oodey in Gillet Champ, de France,
p. 605.
OoiAiM-na'¿MS = buskined ; cothitrnus = the high shoe or bu.skin
worn by tragic actors.
Pileus very thin, conic-campanulate, then expanded, densely
mealy, then umbonate and unequally split, wholly white, becoming
reddish ; stem fistulose, attenuated upwards, white, squamulose,
base squamnlose, sheathing ; gills free, somewhat lanceolate, white,
then flesh-coloured, a t length black.
On cow dung.
Stem about 2iu. long. Pilens lin. broad, yellowish.
M io a c e i . Pileus oovered w i t h scales or micaceous granules.
8 4 2 . Coprinus m ica c eu s. Fr. Eym. Fwr. 325.
Mica'ceus, from mica = a little particle, a grain.
Pileus submembranaceous, oval, then campanulate, subrepand,
striate, discoid, sprinkled with fugacious, micaceous granules, at
length naked, rimoso-sulcate; stem hollow, silky, even, whitish;
gills adnexed, lanceolate, whitish, brown to the middle, then turning
black.— Bolt. t. 54. Sow. t. 261. Grev. t. 76. Cooke Illus. t.
673.
About old stumps. Common.
Spores 10 X 5 /i. G.M.
8 4 3 . Coprinus aratus. Berlc. Sf- Br. Ann. N. E ., No. 927.
Ara'tus = ploughed ; from the furrowed pileus.
Solitary. Tall. Pileus campanulate, umber, deeply sulcate,
micaceous ; disc rugose ; stem attenuated upwards, sub-bulbous at
the base, minutely silky, snow white ; gills narrow, bright brown,
free.—Fries Hym. Fu r. 325. Cooke Illus. t. 674, 675.
In hollow trees. May.
Spores 15 X 12 y. G.M.
8 4 4 . Coprinus radians. Besm. Ann. Sc. Nat. xiii., t. 1 0 ,/. 1.
Bad'ians ~ radiating.
Pileus membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, micaceous, disc
granuloso-squamose, margin striate ; stem equal, naked, short,
ßbrilloso-radiating at the base ; gills reaching the stem, sublinear,
white, then violaceous-black.—Sow. t. 145. Fr. Hym. Eur. 326.
Cooke Illus. t. 676 A.
On plaster walls.
Spores 7 X 4 ii. G.M.
8 4 5 . Coprinus p a p illa tu s . Batsch. Consp.f. 78.
Popi'/Za'/MS = furnished ffith papillæ, little elevations.
Pileus membranaceous, ovate, then campanulate, striate, greyish
mealy, then torn, disc papillate ivith minute points, livid smoky ;
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