Coprinus AGARICACE.-E 2O/ 



941. C. papillatus Fr. (from the minute umbo on the pileus ; papilla, 



a teat) a b. 

 P. campanulato-flat, then revolute ; um. prominent, ochreous- 



umber; mid. darker. St. smooth, flocculose below, whitish. 



G. ventricose, blackish. 

 On the ground, amongst grass, dung. June. \ X ij X % in. Less 



fugacious than other Coprini. Var. oxygena Fr., whitish or greyish. 



P. and St. sparingly flocculose. 



f. Glabratce. 



942. C. alternatus Fr. (from the stria? of the pileus, alternately 



broad and narrow) a c. 

 P. hemispherical, whitish ; mid. umber, sometimes pale. St. 



whitish. G. adnate, narrow, purple-black to black. 

 Subcaespitose. On the ground, if X 4^ X T 3 5 in. 



943. C. deliqueseens Fr. (from the dissolving gills ; deliquesce, to 



dissolve) a c. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, grey or livid; marg. granuloso- 



punctate, faintly ochreous. St. shining white. G. free, slate 



to blackish. 

 Subcsespitose. Stumps, amongst fallen leaves, thatch ; frequent. Aug.- 



Sept. 2f X 4 X j 3 s in. 



944. C. tardus Karst. (from its sometimes late appearance ; tardus, 



slow, late) a b. 



P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, bright brown to pale ochreous- 

 tan. St. thinly pruinose, shining white, minutely striate above, 

 woolly below. G. adnexed, brown to shining black. 



Densely csespitose. Odour none. On the ground. Oct. 2j x 6^ x T 3 5 in. 

 Brittle, hygrophanous. 



945. C. digitalis Fr. (from the finger-like young state; digitus, a 



finger) a. 



P. conico-hemispherical, faint ochre ; mid. sienna, then yellowish- 

 grey or olive tinted. St. faint ochreous-white. G. adnexed, 

 blackish. 



Tufted. On the ground, woody places. Autumn, ij X 4^ X T 3 5 in. 



946. C. eongregatus Fr. (from the densely caespitose habit), a b c. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, ochreous ; rnid. sienna. St. 



faintly ochreous-white. G. adnexo-free, linear, black. 

 On the ground by roadsides, hothouses. Oct. -Nov. I x if X ^ in. 



VELIFORMES. 



g. Cydodeez. 



946a. C. dileetus Fr. (from its beauty ; dilectus, beloved) a b. 



P. cylindrical, then campanulate, obtuse, floccose or mealy, rosy- 

 white, then pale, tawny ; marg. finely striate, at length splitting 

 and becoming revolute and naked. St. hollow, whitish, 



