354 



AGARICINI. 



Coprinus. It is often considerably smaller than indicated by Fries. Spores 10x12 



mk, VV.G.S. Name — nix,snovf. Snow-white. Fr. Aloriogr. \. p. i^6o. Hytn. 

 Eiir. p. 325. Berk. Out. p. 179. C. Hbk. 7i. 465. -S". Mycol. Scot. n. 430. 

 Agaricus Fl. Dati. t. 1671. Paul. t. 125./". 2. B. minor. Sow. t. 262. 



***** Micacei. Pileics witJi micaceous sqiianudes, &^c. 



14. C. micaceus Fr. 



inous, the even disc 



A. major. — Pileus at first yellow-ferrug- 

 darker, at length date - brown - fuscous, 

 somewhat membranaceous, undu- 

 lato-lobed, rimosely split, striate, 

 but not opening into furrows, at 

 first covered with micaceous scales, 

 smooth when these separate. Stems 

 7.5 cent. (3 in.) to as much as 20 

 cent. (8 in.) long, hollow and soft, 

 even, at first ol)soletely white-silky 

 then fibroso-fibrillose, whitish. Gills 

 adnexed, lanceolate, linear in deli- 

 quescing, isabelline, becoming brown 

 at the ed^e. 



XXXVIII. Copriims micaceus. 

 One-third natural size. 



B. minor. — Pileus yellowish - livid when 

 moist, ferruginous-ochraceous when dry, 

 date -brown at the disc, somewhat mem- 

 branaceous, but scissile, oval then campan- 

 \x\d.iQ, forked-sulcate, the furroius niicaceotis, 

 soon split at the margin, but even at the 

 disc. Stem equal, 4 mm. (2 lin.) thick, even, sometimes curved, becoming 

 smooth, white. Gills white then livid, at first at the edge then wholly fuscous- 

 blackish. 



Very changeable, for the most part casspitose. The stems are often angular, 

 from mutual pressure, and sometimes when young have the thickened knot at 

 the middle, as in C. atramentarius. In abnormal forms the pileus is unequal, 

 ribbed-sulcate, transversely rimoso-squarrose. 



On stumps, the ground, &c. Common. April-Nov. 



Spores 7x8 mk. W.G.S. ; lox 5 mk. IF./'. Name— w/c^, grain, granule. 

 From the shining particles. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 461. Hym. Eur. p. 325. 

 Berk. Out. p. 179. C. Hbk. n. 466. S. Mycol. Scot. 71. 431. Agaricus 

 Bull. t. 246. Fl. Dan. t. 1143. Klotsch. Fl. Bor. t. 376. Fl. Bat. t. 820. 

 f. 3. Corda Sturm, xi. t. 49. In rainy weather somewhat deliquescent, pile- 

 us soon naked, at length date-brown-fuscous. Bull t. 365. Schceff. t. 66. f. 

 4-6. In dry weather withering, pileus becoming pale, micaceous-squamulose, 

 persistent. Bull. t. 246. Corda Sturm, xi. 19. /. 2. — Var. Icetior. A, con- 

 gregatus Sow. t. 261. Grev. t. 76. Paul. t. 26. /. 3. 



15. C. aratus B. & Br. — Pileus 7.5 cent. (3 in.) broad, umber, 

 campanulate, deeply sulcate up to the darker disc, which is some- 

 times wrinkled, sometimes even, sprinkled with large micaceous 

 particles, revolute in decay. Stem 12.5 cent. (5 in.) long, 5 mm. 



