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*** Picacei. — Universal veil flocculose. at first continuous, 

 then torn into superficial, areolate patches by the expansion 

 of the pileus, 



**** Tomentosi. — Pileus at first veiled by a loosely villous 

 web that becomes torn into distinct floccose scales, which 

 eventually disappear, Eing absent. 



***** Micacei. — Pileus at first covered with minute 

 glistening micaceous squamules or granules, which at length 

 disappear. Eing absent. 



****** G^Z«6ra</.— Pileus glabrous, without either floccose 

 or micaceous squamules. Veil absent. 



Tribe II. Veliformes. — Pileus very thin, without a cuticle, 

 plicato-sulcate, at length sjolitting along the lines of the gills. 

 {Stem slender, hollow. 



* Cijclodei. — Stem furnished with a ring that is in some 

 species the free margin of the volva. 



** Lanulati. — Gills free, pileus with a superficial floccu- 

 lose layer that eventually disappears. Eing absent. 



*** Furfurelli. — Pileus micaceous or scurfy ; gills usually 

 adnate to a collar at the apex of the stem. Eing absent. 



**** Hemerohii. — Pileus always glabrous. Eing absent. 



TEIBE I.— PELLICULOSI. 



* Comati, 



Coprinus comatus. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 303.) 

 Pileus 3-4 in. high, cylindrical, then more or less expanded, 

 at first even, during growth the cuticle becomes torn into ^ 



broad, adpressed, scattered scales, pale ochraceous, interstices 

 whitish ; gills almost free, about tV in. broad, crowded, white, 

 then pinkish, at length black ; stem 4-6 in. long, h—^- in. thick, 

 subequal or slightly attenuated upwards, white, even, hollow, 

 more or less bulbous, bulb solid, ring movable ; spores uimost 

 black, elliptical, 13-18 x 7-8 fi. 



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