CLASSIFICATION OP A.GARH 



Section IX. Furfurclli. Pileus with micaceous particles or 

 mealy granules. 



210. Coprinus patouillardi Quel. 



Quelet, Assoc. Fr., 1884, p. I. 

 illustration : Plate XL 1 1 of this Report. 



PILEUS l '■'< cm. broad, ovate, oblong, then conico-campanulate 

 mill finally revolute, at firsl finely striate then deeply plicate, very 

 thin, white or ashy with pulverulent particles, yellowish to brown 

 hi the center. GILLS aarrow, free bu1 close to Btem, white 1 1 m *n 

 smoky brown. STEM 2.5-5 cm. long, L-2 mm. thick, fragile, smooth 

 or slightly tomentose or pulverulenl ;ii base, white. SPORES 

 8-7 x 1.5 micr., ovate-triangular to pentagonal. 



Common on dung, usually appearing with C. radiatus or ;i little 

 later. There seems to be considerable variation in tliis plant both 

 in regard t<> size ami color. In young stages, especially in dry 

 weather, the pileus is densely covered with dead white to gray 

 particles, which gradually become In-own as the pileus develops. 

 The shape of the spore is characteristic ami the variation in size 

 less than in many other Ooprini. In young stages it is readily dis- 

 tinguished from C. radiatus by its longer, more cylindrical shape 

 ami l>y its thicker white veil. 



211. Coprinus radiatus Fr. 



Pries, Epicr., p. 251 . 



Illustration: ("nuke. III.. PI. 682 a. 



PILEUS 2-15 mm. wide, at first ovate or short cylindrical, then 

 campanulate, finally nearly or quite plane ami slightly depressed 

 at the center, very thin, deeply plicate; pileus with a few brown 

 granular flecks or scales, slightly pruinose with a lew gland-tipped 

 hairs, pale in-own or yellowish brown, darker at disk, becoming 

 gray. GILLS narrow, distant, tree. STEM - <"> cm. high, 1.5 mm. 

 thick, slender, fragile, hollow, white, becoming darker with age, 

 slightly pruinose with -Ian. hilar hairs. SP< >RES L0-13 \ s LO micr., 

 regularly elliptical, very dark. 



Very common upon dung. This is probably our most common 

 dung-inhabiting Coprinus. It may he found :it almost any time 

 during the summer season upon dung in pastures. It' fresh horse 



