210 AGARIC ACE^E Coprinus 



957. C. stereorarius Fr. (from the habitat ; stercus, dung) a b c. 



P. campanulato-expanded, then revolute, clad with dense white 



micaceous meal ; mid. pale sienna ; marg. faint greyish or 



brownish. St. pruinate, white. G. adnexed, narrow, black. 



Rich soil, clung, roadsides. \\ X \\ X \ in. Brefeld illustrates this plant 

 as growing from a sclerotium. Must not be confused with 936, which 

 is usually much smaller and with a white floccose pileus. 



957a. C. stellaris Quel, (from the pileus splitting in a star-like 

 manner) a. 

 P. ovoid then campanulate, striate, afterwards split in star-shape 

 and crowned with points formed of minute diaphanous vescicles, 

 white, becoming grey. St. filiform, fistulose, hyaline, velvety 

 with long silky hairs, white. G. narrow, adnexed, attenuate, 

 greyish then sooty-brown. 

 Dung, fox, man. Spring and Summer. -^ x § X ^ in. 



958. C. ephemerus Fr. (from its length of life ; Gr. ephemeros, lasting 



for a day) a b c. 



P. campanulato-expanded, delicately scurfy, white; mid. prominent, 



faint sienna ; marg. greyish. St. smooth, whitish. G. adnexed, 



linear, fuscous then black. 



Dunghills, manured ground, roadsides ; common. May-Oct. i| X 2f X T ^ in. 

 Must not be confounded with 960, which has a depressed disc to the pileus. 



958a. C. velox Godey in Gill, (from its rapid growth ; velox, swift) a. 

 P. obovate, striate then plicato-sulcate, scurfy between the 

 furrows and on the mid., grey. St. white-floccose. G. narrow, 

 grey then black. 

 Dung, ox, horse. § X 2§ x 2V i n - Must not be mistaken for 954a. 



958b. C. aquatilis Peck (from its habitat, watery places; aqua, 

 water) a. 

 P. ovate, then campanulate, coarsely sulcate to mid., at first 

 somewhat furfuraceous, when young pale orange, then red- 

 brown ; mid. darker. St. somewhat swollen at base, hollow, 

 smooth below, pulverulent above, dull white. G. adnexed, 

 grey then black. Flesh in P. pale orange. 



Decaying twigs, moss, Luzula sylvatica, etc., partly submerged in shaded 

 swamps. June. I X 2J x jj in. 



959. C. soeiatus Fr. (from its habit, growing in groups; socio, to 



associate) a. 

 P. at length expanded, slightly scurfy, umbilicate, fuscous ; mid. 

 brown, becoming pale. St. white. G. adnexed, ashy-black. 



Damp, loose soil, gardens, walls. Oct. i| X 2 in. 



960. C. plieatilis Fr. (from the folds or furrows of the pileus ; plico, 



to fold) a b c. 



P. expanded, grey and livid-umber; mid. depressed, sienna. 



St. smooth, pallid to ochreous. G. remote, linear, slate. 



Pastures, gardens, roadsides, under trees, woods ; common. April-Oct. 

 if X 4 X T ^ in. Sometimes very small. 



