coPRiNus. 359 



idose, then opening into furrows and flattened, midulato-siilcate, Coprinus 

 disc obtuse, even. Stem 5-7.5 cent. (2-3 in.) long, 4-6 mm. (2-3 

 lin.) thick, fistulose, slightly firm, attenuated upwards, adpressedly 

 silky, becoming even, white. Gills ad?7exed, at first crowded, dis- 

 tant when the pileus is split, linear, white then reddish, at length 

 fuscous-blackish. 



A larger and more remarkable species than all the neighbouring ones. 



On damp carpets, in cellars, <S;c. Frequent. 



Name — doinus, a house. Found in houses. Fr. Monogr. i. p. 466. Hym. 

 Eur. p. 330. Bei-k. Out. p. iSi. C. Hbk. n. 475. 



28. C. ephemerus Fr. — Pileus ovali-clavate, then soon campan- 

 ulate, and on opening into furrows flattened, wholly in the form 

 of a veil and radialo-sulcate, at the first slightly scurfy, then 

 naked ; the elevated even disc rufescent. Stem 2.5-5 cent. (1-2 in.) 

 long, fistulose, equal, smooth, pellucid, whitish. Gills reaching 

 the stem, remote without a collar, linear, at first whitish, then 

 becoming fuscous, at length black. 



Very tender, fugacious. When examined under a lens the pileus is delicately 

 scurfy. 



On dung. Common. May-Oct. 



Pileus 6-18 mm. {H-% in.) broad. Name — e^^Vepo?, lasting for a day. Fr. 

 Monogr. i. p. 467. Hym. Eiw. p. 331. Bej'k. Out. p. 181. C. Hbk. n. 476. 

 S. Mycol. Scot. n. 437. Agaricus Fl. Dan. t. 832. y] 2. Bull. t. 128. 



29. C. sociatus Fr. — Pileus 4 cent. {\}i in.) hxo?i(\, fuscous then 

 becoming pale, disc date-brown, ovali-cylindrical then expanded, 

 densely split iiito furrows, the raised ribs slightly scurfy, the even 

 disc umbilicate in the centre. Stem 5 cent. (2 in.) or a little more 

 long, fistulose, delicately attenuated from the base to the apex, 

 smooth, white, not pellucid. Gills adjtexed in the form of a ring, 

 not remote, little ventricose, attenuated behind, cinereous-black. 



Pileus very tender. Gills slowly deliquescing. There is a variety in which 

 the gills reach the stem without a manifest collar. 



On damp soil. Cabalva, 1879. Oct. 



Name — socio, to associate. Growing in groups. Fr. Alonogr. i. p. 468. 

 Hym. Eur. p. 331. Grevillea, vol. viii. p. 76. 



30. C. plicatilis Fr. — Pileus 2.5 cent, (i in.) broad, fuscous 

 then bluish-grey-cinereous, disc darker, fuscous or rufescent, ovali- 

 cylindrical then campanulate, soon expanded, opening into fur- 

 rows, sulcato-plicate, for the most part smooth, disc broad, even, at 

 length depressed. Stem 2.5-7.5 cent. (1-3 in.) long, fistulose, thin. 



