310 FUNGUS-FLOKA. 



Coprinus fuscescens, Fries, Epicr., p. 214; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 226 ; Cooke, Ilhistr., pi. (563?. 



On trunks, dead stumps, etc. 



Smaller and more slender than Copriniis atramentorius, 

 ]iileus lirownisli-grov, disc becoming rufous, not sprinkled 

 Avith niicareous itarticles, Lut at first covered with a mealy 

 bloom ; gills adnexed, attenuated iVoni the stem to the 

 margin, deliquescent. (Fries.) 



In Cooke's figure of this si^ecies, drawn from specimens 

 determined by the Eev. I\I. J. Berkeley, the pileus is bright 

 chestnut in every part, and striate from the margin half-waj- 

 up, and when old much split and more or less revolute, 

 whereas Schaeffer's figure shows the species densely tufted, 

 with the habit of C. micaceus and the pileus pale grey with 

 tinge of brown, apex darker. 



Var. rimoso-squamosus, Cooke, Illustr., pi. 004 ; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 220. 



Pileus li-2 in. high and broad, ovate, then more or less 

 expanded, greyish-brown, becoming brown towards the apex, 

 where the cuticle is torn into large angidar patches, pale 

 between the patches; gills broad near the stem, becoming 

 narrower tow^ards the margin ; stem whitish, rather flexuous, 

 equal, hollow^: spores as in the type. 



On the ground, about stumps. 



*** Picacei. 



Coprinus picaceus. Fr. 

 rilijus 2-2.', in. across, memliranaceous, ovato-campanulate, 

 stiiate up to" the disc, smoky-black, variegated with large, 

 irregular, supei-ficial white patches ; gills free, -\ in. or more 

 broad, vc^ntricosc, greyish-black; stem 5-0 in. long, base 

 buUjuus, abrupt, otherwise ('(jual j-r; in. thick, wdiite, hollow, 

 fragile, smooth; sjjorcs elliptical, apiculate, J4 x H /x; 

 cystidia large, numerous. 



Coprinus picaceus. Fries, liym. Eur., p. ;323 ; Cooke, Ildbk., 

 , p. 226 ; Cooke, Illustr., pi. 605. 



On the o-round. A very distinct and beautiful sjH'eies. 



.When young the pileus is cylindrical, and conqdetely 



covered by a thick, whitish layer, which during the growth 



and expansion of tlie pileus becomes broken up into large, 



