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8 6 3 . Coprinus hemerobius. Fr. S ym . Fwr. 332.
Hemero'-bius = living the life (^/o?) of a day, y/xepd.
_ Pdeus very thin, ovate, th en campanulate, then expanded, splitting,
sulcate, smooth, apex not prominent, bay brown ; stem elongated,
attenuated, smooth, pallid ; gills linear, pallid, then black,
adnexed to an obscure collar.—FoZi. t. 31. Cooke Illu s t
687 A.
On roadsides.
Spores 12 X 8 M. G.M.
*** Not truly indigenous.
8 6 4 . C o p rin u s p la ty p u s . Berk, in CooU Illus.
P la t’ijims = with a broad foot, from irXaruk and ttoiJs.
Pileus thiu, campanulate, convex, then expanded, white, then
ocliraceous-flocculose, stem slender, discoid a t the base, whitish
even ; gills free, narrow, distant, becoming black.— Cool-« H im t
06/ 13.
On palm stems in conservatories.
Spores 8 X 6 M. G.M.
Gen. 4. BOLBITIUS. Fr. Fpicr. p. 253.
Bolbit lus, from poXpirov (better, poXirov), cow-diing.
_ Hymenophore almost separate, universal veil none, partial veil
m many cases obsolete ; gills membranaceous, soft, dissolvino-
powdery with the rusty ovate spores.
H ad. Dung or rank earth.
A small genus, intermediate between Agaricus and Coprinus on one side
and Coprinus and Cortinarius on the otiier; it resembles Coprinus in its
mode of growth^ and epnemeral existence.
8 6 5 . B o lb itiu s B o ltou i. Fr. S ym . Fur. 333.
Bol'toni, ill honour of James Bolton.
Pileus somewhat fleshy, viscid, a t first smooth, then the membranaceous
iiiargm ,s sulcate; disc darker, suhdepressed ■ stem
attenuated, yellowish, ring fugacious, at first flocculose; gills subadnate,
hvid yellow, then brown.— Bolt. t. 149. Gooke Illu s. t. 689.
On dung. Ju n e—Sept.
8 6 6 . B o lb itiu s v ite llin uB . Fr. S ym . Fur. 333.
Vitelli'nus, of or belonging to the yolk of an egg, vitellum ; from
the colour.
Pilens between fleshy and membranaceous, ovate, then expanded,
viscid, egg-yellow, at first even, then witli the margin sulcate and
sp lit; stem fistulose, equal, clad with ivhite scales; gills slightly
adnexed, ochraceous clay-coloured.— Cooke Illus. t. 928 A.
On horse dung.
Pileus 2 in. broad.
8 6 7 . B o lb itiu s fz a g ilis. Fr. S ym . Fur. 334.
Frag'ilis — easWy broken, brittle, fragile.
Pilens sub-membranaceous, viscid, pellucid, margin striate, disc
sub-umbonate ; stem attenuated, naked, smooth, yellow ; gills attenuated,
adnexed, yellowish, then pale cinnamon.—Bolt. t. 65. Sow.
t. 96. Cooke Illus. t. 720 A.
On dung.
868. B o lb itiu s titu b a n s. Fr. S ym. Fur. 334.
Tit'ubans = tottering ; from its delicate stem.
Pilens membranaceous, ovate campanulate, then expanded, yellow,
discoid ; stem slender, straight, shining, yellowish ; gills sliglitly
adnexed, pallid, then purplish or flesliy-brown (salmon coloured,
B.).—Now. t. 128. Cooke Illus. t. 690.
Amongst grass. May—Oct.
Spores 12 X 8 Gl.M.
8 6 9 . B o lb itiu s ap ic a lis. Smith in Cke. Sdhk. I., 121.
Apica'lis, from its demarcated umbo or apex.
Pileus membranaceous, brown, striate from the first, then plicate,
liable to sp lit; disc ochraceous, somewhat fleshy, obscurely
umbonate, the difference in colour between the two parts defined
by a distinct line ; stem hollow, striate, white, minutely pruinose
under a lens ; gills somewhat broad, ventricose, free, at first pressed
to the stem, brown.— Cooke Illus. t. 72U B.
In pastures. Early summer.
8 7 0 . B o lb itiu s tenev. Berk. Outl.p. 183, t. 12,/. 2.
Tener — delicate, slender.
Very delicate ; pileus white, moist, elongated, conical ; stem