Coprinus AGARIC ACE^ 209 



953. C. nyethemerus Fr. (from its length of life, a night and day, 



Gr. nuchthemeron) a b. 

 P. at length flat, then revolute, furfuraceo-flocculose, then naked, 

 grey; mid. sienna. St. flaccid, smooth, white. G. linear, 

 blackish. 



Subcaespitose. Dung, manured ground, decayed straw, tan ; rare. July-Oct. 

 ijx 3 X ^ in. Sometimes very small. 



953a. C. eordisporus Gibbs (from the heart-shaped spores ; cor, the 

 heart, Gr. sporos, a seed) a. 

 P. cylindrico-ovate, then expanded and upturned, very thin, 

 plicato-sulcate ; marg. crenate, whitish or pallid ochraceous, 

 furfuraceo-papillose and tawny at mid. St. filiform, glabrous, 

 except at the densely strigoso-squamulose base, whitish hyaline. 

 G. free, somewhat narrow. Spores heart-shaped, compressed. 



Dung, horse, sheep, rabbit. April. ^ x 1 X ^ in. 



954. C. radiatus Pers. (from the radiating striae or furrows of the 



pileus) a b c. 

 P. at length flat, downy, then naked, whitish, soon translucent ; 

 mid. pinkish-sienna. St. minutely pruinate or smooth, hyaline. 

 G. few, pallid-blackish. 



In troops. In fields on dung, horse, cow ; common. May-Nov. § X 3 X gjin. 

 Often minute. 



954a. C. Gibbsii Mass. & Crossl. (after Thomas Gibbs of Sheffield, 



the first observer) a. 



P. hemispherical, then expanded, striate, glabrous, minutely 



atomate, pale ochreous or very pale buff ; mid. darker. 



St. very slender, glabrous, pellucid shining white, attached by 



a few white strands of mycelium. G. adnate, 5-7 in number. 



Dung, sheep, horse. Nov. \ in. high. Probably the smallest agaric known ; 

 differs from 954 in its smaller size, glabrous pileus and stem, and in its 

 circular, compressed spores. 



955. C. Spraguei Berk. & Curt, (after Charles J. Sprague) a. 



P. campanulato-expanded, tomentose, grey ; mid. sienna. 

 St. pale cinnamon. G. few, narrow, grey-black. 



Gardens. July, f X i\ X -£$ in. 



i. Furfurelltz. 



956. C. domestieus Fr. (from its usual habitat ; domus, a house) a b c. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, furfuraceous, whitish, greyish or 



brownish ; mid. sienna. St. adpressedly silky, white. 

 G. adnexed, linear, reddish to fuscous-blackish. 



Often csespitose. In and near human habitations, greenhouses, gardens, 

 cellars, cupboards, ceilings, under floors, on burnt ground, matting, damp 

 carpets, rubbish, etc. ; frequent. April-Dec. 3 x 3^ X \ in. Sometimes 

 very light in colour. 



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