Agaricacese 



Coprinus. C. ni'veus Fr.nix, snow. Pileus white, 1-2 in. across, thin, ovate 

 then bell-shaped, margin at length turned upward, split or covered with 

 a dense white, mealy or downy covering, slightly pink. Grills adnexed, 

 narrow, crowded, at first cohering, white then pinkish, then black. 

 Stem at first short, then up to 4 in., slender, attenuated upward, cov- 

 ered with white down, fragile, hollow. 



Spores i6xn-i3/u. Masses; ioxi2)u, W.G.S. 



Common on dung and dung heaps, clustered. May to frost. 



West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. Mcll- 

 vaine. 



Very variable in size, but clearly distinguished by its snow-white color 

 and adnexed gills. Like all of the thin, delicate species of this genus 

 there is little substance left after cooking, but the savory flavor is im- 

 parted to the cooking medium. 



***** Mica'cei. Pileus at first covered with minute, glistening 



scales, etc. 



C. micaceilS (Bull.) Fr. mica, grain, granular. (Plate CII, fig. 

 2, p. 372.) Pileus thin, ovate, then bell-shaped, with the margin 

 more or less revolute, wavy, splitting, closely striate, with a few minute 

 scales and sparkling atoms, or naked, varying in color from whitish- 

 ochraceous to livid-brown, generally darker when moist or old. Gills 

 rather narrow, crowded, white then pinkish, finally black. Stem slender, 

 fragile, easily splitting, slightly silky, white, hollow, often twisted. 

 Plant mostly cespitose. 



Height 2-4 in., breadth of pileus, 1-2 in. 



Streets, yards and fields, on or about old stumps. May to Septem- 

 ber. Peck, 23d Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Spores elliptical, blackish, 7-8x4-5^ Massee; 7x8/u, W.G.S.; 10x5/1. 

 W.P.; elliptical, brown, 6-8/t Peck. 



Var. granularis. Pileus sprinkled with granules or furfuraceous 

 scales. New York. August. Peck, 47th Rep. 



Indiana, H. I. Miller; West Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, 

 New Jersey. May to October. Mcllvaine. 



Common from spring until frost. This is the oval-capped toadstool 

 found in clusters about trees, posts, along grassy sides of pavements, pop- 

 ping up, Brownie-like, from sodded places. Although small and thin, its 



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