Agaricaceae 



Coprinuso 



(Plate CVII.) 



COPRINUS SILVATICUS. 



Enlarged one-fourth. 

 (After Peck.) 



Plant 2 in. high. Pileus 6-10 lines broad. 

 Stem -5 lines thick. Ground in woods. Greig. 

 September. 



The striae extend about half way up the pi- 

 leus. Allied to C. plicatilis and C. ephemerus 

 Peek, 24th Rep. N. Y. State Bot. 



West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. 

 Frequent, but not common. On ground in 

 woods, August to October. Mcllvaine. 



This pretty little fungus is frequently found. 

 I have never been able to get it in quantity, but 

 have often eaten it. Its flavor is musky, rather 

 strong. It is edible, but is not obtainable in 

 sufficient numbers to make it of much food value. 



C. ephem'erus Fr. Gr. lasting for a day. 

 Pileus *2-% in. across, very thin, ovate, then 

 bell-shaped, finally expanded and splitting, fur- 

 rowed radiately, at first slightly scurfy, disk elevated, even, reddish. 

 Gills slightly attached, linear, white, then brownish, at length blackish. 

 Stem \%2.% in. high, i line or more thick, equal, glabrous, pellucid, 

 hollow, whitish. Spores 16-17x9-1 CD/*. 



On dunghills, manured ground, etc. To the naked eye appearing 

 almost glabrous, but under a lens seen to be distinctly scurfy. Known 

 from Coprinus plicatilis by the disk of the pileus being prominent and 

 not depressed. Massee. 



Common dung and dung heaps. May to October. New York, Peck. 

 23d Rep. 



Of such size and delicate substance as to be of little food value. But 

 it has a strong mushroom flavor which is choice as a flavoring. It ap- 

 pears during the summer months on dung and dung heaps. It must 

 be cooked as soon as gathered. 



C. semilana'tus Pk. Pileus submembranaceous, broadly conical, 

 then expanded and strongly revolute, and the margin sometimes split, 

 covered with mealy atoms, finely and obscurely rimose-striate, pale 

 grayish-brown. Lamellae narrow, close, free. Stem elongated, fragile, 

 hollow, slightly tapering upward, white, the lower half clothed with 



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