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TABLE OF THE SUBGENERA OF COPRINARII. 

 29. PAN^fiLUS. — Pileus a little fleshy, not striate. 

 3(». I'sATHYREi.LA. — Pileus membranaceous, striate. 



SUBGENDS XXIX. PaN^EOLUS. 



Pilcns a little fleshy, not striate, the margin exceeding the lamellre. 

 Stipe ])olishe(l, rather firm. Lamclla3 variegated. 



a. Pileus viscid, shining when dry. 



140. A. soLiDiPES, Peck. — Pileus firm, hemispheric, then somewhat 

 campanulate. smooth, whitish ; the cuticle at length breaking up into 

 dingN'-yellowish, rather large, angular scales. Stipe firm, smooth, 

 white, solid, slightly striate at the top. Lamellte broad, slightly at- 

 tached, whitish, becoming lilack. Spores black with a bluish tint. 



In pastures on piles of dung. Pileus 2-3 in. in diameter, stipe 

 5-8 in. higii. A large species, remarkable for its solid stipe. The 

 scales on tlie pileus are larger on the disk, becoming smaller toward 

 the margin. The upper part of the stipe is sometimes beaded with 

 drops of moisture. 



141. A. 1 iMiPUTRis, Bull. — Pileus somewhat membranaceous, conic- 

 expanded, rather gibbous, even, viscid. Stipe slender, equal, glabrous, 

 I)allid, marked with an annular zone. LamellfE attached, livid-black- 

 ish. Spores black, .009X.007 mm. 



In pastures on dung. Pileus 1-2 in. broad and high, stipe 3-5 in. 

 long. Pileus reticulate rugulose, dark cinereous, livid when dr}'^ ; the 

 aniiuliis bioken into trian<rular loops or lacini® fringing the margin ; 

 8tipe Hcniv-tomentose, pulverulent, often beaded with little drops, 

 Htrint<? above, nearly white, at length rudilish. 



1). /'ileus dry, (jlahrous. 



M2. A. < AMi'ANL'LATDs, Liuu. — Pilcus a little lleshy, camijanulate, 

 dry, even, glalirous, somewhat shining. Stipe equal, straight, reddish; 

 the apex striate, d.-nk pulverulent. Lamellae attached, ascending, 

 variegated witli gray and black. Spores black. 



On manured ground. Pileus f-1^ in. in diameter, f-1 in. in height ; 

 Htipe :i 4 in. long. Pileus from brown changing to reddish. 



143. A. iiMicoLA. Fr. — Pileus a little fleshy, campanulateconvex, 

 obtuse, glabrous, opaque, marked around the margin with a narrow 

 brnwi. /r.iie. Stipe fragile, elongated, equal, pallid, white-pruinate at 



