COPRINUS. 



351 



On stumps. Uncommon. Aug. Copnnus. 



Spores 10x5 mk. W.G.S. Namefi/scns, dark or swarthy. Becoming 

 fuscous. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 456. Hym. Eur. p. 322. Berk. Out. p. 178. 

 C. Hbk. ?i. 457. S. Mycol. Scot, n. 425. Klotsch. t. 375. Agaricus Schceff. 

 t. 17. 



*** Picacei. Universal veilfloccose, 



6. C. picaceus Fr. Pileus 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) broad, thin, 

 somewhat membranaceous, ovate then campanulate?cn& expanded, 

 at length revolute, fuliginous-black, variegated with broad unequal 

 superficial separating white scales from the breaking up of the 

 universal woven veil. Stem about 12.5 cent. (5 in.) long, 6-8 

 mm. (3-4 lin.) thick, holloiv all the way into the rootless bulb, 

 fragile, attenuated upwards, ringless and rather smooth, shining 

 white. Gills free, ventricose, cinereous-dead black, then becom- 

 ing shining black and melting into fluid. 



Soon deliquescing. There is a smaller variety growing on 'rotten wood ; 

 also a sterile form, white, the gills with unchanged colour melting into milk- 

 white fluid. 



In grassy places, roadsides, &c. Rare. Sept.-Dec. 



Smell often extremely disagreeable, M.J.B. Considered poisonous. Spores 

 14x9 mk. W.G.S. Name pica, a magpie. Pied, black and white. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 457. Hym. Eur. p. 323. Berk. Out. p. 178. C. Hbk. n. 458. 

 Agaricus Bull. t. 206. Fl. Dan. t. 1499. Sow. t. 170. 



7. C. aphthosus Fr. Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) high, livid, some- 

 what membranaceous, ovate then campamdate, expanded, not 

 striate, melting slowly. Stems 5 cent. (2 in.) long, 4 mm. (2 lin.) 

 thick, fistidose, soft, somewhat fragile, equal, but commonly 

 twisted, fibrillose, white. Gills adnate, linear, white then 

 blackish. 



Smaller, thinner, with fewer individuals in the cluster than in the case of 

 neighbouring species. Partial veil none ; universal veil continuous only in 

 its earliest stage, soon passing into superficial Jloccose -white but easily separat- 

 ing scales. 



In hollow trees, cellars, c. Rare. 



Name like an aphthous tongue (a$0cu, the thrush). From the appearance 

 of the scales. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 458. Hym. Eur. p. 323. Berk. Out. p. 178. 

 C. Hbk. n. 459. A. domesticus Bolt. t. 26 var. pileus repand, becoming olive. 



8. C. flocculosus Fr. Pileus dingy white, membranaceous, 

 ovate then expanded, striate, split, covered over with floccose 

 scales. Stem hollow, attenuated upwards, even, white, swollen 

 at the base. Gills free, violaceous then fuscous-black. 



Single, of low stature ; habit of C. picaceus. 



