coPRiNus. 355 



(2>< lin.) thick, fistulose, attenuated upwards, slightly bulbous at Coprinus 

 the base, straight, smooth, or rather minutely silky, snow-white, 

 umber within. Gills separating, narrow, attenuated at either end, 

 deep rich brown then black. 



Solitary, tall. A magnificent species, allied to C. micaceiis. Grooved like 

 Agoricushiascens. The gills are at first attached, but so slightly that they 

 easily part from the stem, so as to appear free ; but they are still connected at 

 the base, as if there were a slight collar. 



In a hollow tree. King's Cliffe, i860, &c. May. 



Name — aro, to plough. Sulcate. D. Or' Br. //. 927. i956"'\ C. Hbk. n. 

 467. Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 326. 



16. C. radians Fr. — Pileus yellow-tawny, becoming pale, 

 membranaceous, ovate then campanulate, micaceous, graimloso- 

 scaly at the disc, striate at the margin. Stem fistulose, equal, 

 naked, fibrilloso-rooti7ig at the base. Gills reaching the stem, 

 somew^hat linear, w^hite then violaceous-black. 



Small, somewhat casspitose. Lycoperdon radiatum Soxi). t. 145 represents 

 its early stage. 



On plaster walls. Uncommon. July. 



Pileusabout 5 cent. (2 in.) broad. Stem 4-5 cent. (1K-2 in.) long. Spores 

 7x8 mk. W.G.S. Name — radians, radiating. From the habit of the base. 

 Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 326. Berk. Out. p. 179. C. Hbk. n. 468. S. My col. 

 Scot. Supp. Scot. Nat. 1881,/. 35. n. 2161. Agaricus Desviaz itt Ann. Sc. 

 Nat. 13. /. \Q. f. I. 



17. C. papillatus Fr. — Pileus 4-6 mm. (2-3 lin.) broad, fus- 

 cous, disc darker, membranaceous, ovate then campanulate, at 

 length flattened and revolute, torn, striate, scurfy and beset with 

 viijiiite warts which are more crowded on the disc. Stem 2.5 

 cent, (i in.) long, 2 mm. (i lin.) thick, fistulose, equal, smooth 

 except at the base, hyaliiie-pelhicid., commonly pruinose at the 

 apex with the spores. Gills few, free, but reachi7ig the stem, 

 blackish. 



The smallest of the group, growing in troops, and less fugacious than the 

 others. It approaches very near to the Veliformes, but is allied to C. mi- 

 caccus, Sec, in the covering of the pileus. Var. oxygena : pileus whitish, in- 

 clining to grey and as well as the stem sparingly flocculose. 



On dung and on the ground. Shrewsbury. 



'SsLme—papi/ta, a teat. From the minute points on the pileus. Fr. Mon- 

 0^/'. i. /. 462. Hy?n. Eur. p. 326. B. er' Br. n. 1958. Agaricus BatscJi 



*-3f-X"X-jfTf G lab rati. Pileus smooth, &^c. 



18. C. alternatus Fr. — Pileus 4 cent. {i}4 in.) broad, chalky- 

 pallid, pale limber at the disc, somewhat fleshy, hemispherical. 



