COPRINUS. 79 



C. micaceus. Fr. Mica. 



Pileus, yellow, ferruginous, at length date brown ; flesh 

 thin, margin lobed, striated, covered with mica-like scales. 



Gills, adnexed, broad, deliquescent. 



Stem, hollow and soft, fibrillose, whitish, with specimens 

 with a strigose base. 



Named from the glittering scales covering the young gills and pileus. 

 It generally grows in clusters in grassy lawns and on rotten stumps, has 

 a preference for willow stumps. It is an interesting specimen from its 

 peculiar manner of growth. The scales are like so many beads made of 

 diamonds. It sometimes grows in such thick clusters as to deform the 

 center specimen. It grows all summer, from early spring until late in 

 fall, and is recorded in every country where a record is had of fungi. 



Edible ; suitable for catsup. 



C. tomentosus. Fr. 

 Pileus, membranaceous, cylindrical, conical, striated, flocco- 

 tomentose, longitudinal cracked. 

 Gills, free, brownish black. 

 Stem, hollow, velvety, equal. 



This is a beautiful Coprinus found in a cave cellar in our village. I 

 was in doubt at first about the identity of the species. The affinities 

 corresponded to those described by Fries as flocculosus, but after com- 

 paring character, it agreed sufficiently to place it with tomentosus." 



The beautiful tomentose scales rub off easily and are not persistent. 



In a cave cellar on the Weaver's hotel property, Trexlertown, Pa. 



C. ephemerus. Fr. 



Pileus, very thin, oval, subfurfuraceous, disk elevated, 

 even. 



Gills, adnexed, distant, whitish, brown, then black, melting. 



Stem, pellucid, smooth. 



This is named from its transient existence, lasting only a few hours. 

 It may spring up in the early morning and as soon as the rays of the sun 

 touch it, it deliquesces into an inky fluid. When fully developed it is a 

 nice specimen, beautifully striated from margin to center. Grows in 

 well-manured grass plots. 



