MASSEE AND CROSSLAND : FUNGUS FLORA OF YORKSHIRE. II3 



727. Coprinus flocculosus Fr. 

 S.E. — Everingham (F.F., 1893). 



S.W. — Luddenden Dean, on rotting wood (Fl. Hx.). Eller 

 Carr, Cullingworth. 



728. Coprinus similis (B. & Br.). 



S.W, — Norland, Hx. Growing from beneath a dead trunk 

 laid in a moist, shady place (' Nat.', Sep. 1892). 



729. Coprinus extinctorius (L.). 



S.W. — " (rrows among sand, in moist and shady situations 

 about Halifax, but is rare there" (Bolton, Tab. 24). 

 Mid W.— Horton-in-Ribblesdale (' Nat.', May 1881). 



730. Coprinus fimetarius (L.). 



S.W. — Bradford ; Heaton (Lees' Fl.). Ovenden, Hx. 

 (' Nat.', Sep. 1892). On dung and soil heap, Skircoat, Hx. 

 Sowerby Bridge (Fl. Hx.). 

 Mid \V.— Esholt (Lees' Fl.). 



Var. pullatus, 

 S.W. — Halifax, " Grows in the space of a night, and falls 

 and dissolves the following day ... on dunghills, or in 

 fat meadows" (Bolton, Tab. 20 = A g. pullatus). 

 Var. cinereus Schaeft". 

 S.W. — On rotten sacking, in damp field-corner, Luddenden 

 Dean (Fl, Hx.). 



Var, macrorhizus Pers. 

 S.W^ — Huddersfield, in greenhouse (F. Crosland). 



731. Coprinus tomentosus (Bull.). 



S.W, — " Ogden Kirk [near Hx.] among wet moss, in the 

 ground where peat is dug for fuel " (Bolton, Tab. 156), 

 Heaton (Lees' Fl.). Southowram (Fl. Hx.). 



732. Coprinus niveus Fr, 



S.W. — " I gathered specimens of it in July, on a heap of 

 horse dung at Lea Bridge, near Halifax, 1792" (Bolton, 

 unpublished Tab. 205, in Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist, coll., n. 936, 

 Ag. stercorarius). Common on horse dung, and occasionally 

 on rich, loose soil in moist, shaded places. Distribution 

 general. Recorded for all the county divisions. 



