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Coprinus lagopus. Fr. 



Pileiis 1-2 in. across, very thin, cylindrical, then campanu- 

 late, covered with white floccnlent down, becoming glabroiis, 

 stria to-sulcate up to the umbo, at length splitting and more 

 or less revohite, whitish or greyish, disc brownish ; gills 

 free, at length, distant from the stem, narrow, becoming 

 black ; stem elongated, usually equally attenuated upwards, 

 white, every part clothed with white floccose down, hollow, 

 very fragile; spores 147-16 x 10-12 fx. 



Goprinus lago])us. Fries, Epicr., p. 250 ; Saunders and Smith, 

 t. 19 ; Cke., Hdbk., pi. 231 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 681. 



On rotten wood, dung, &c. 



Fries distinguishes two forms. A, nemorum, stem slender, 

 4-6 in. long. B, viarum, stem 2-3 in. long, pileus broader, 

 livid. Both forms are inodorous. The pileus of the long- 

 stemmed form is sometimes entirely clear brown, at others 

 greyish with a brownish disc. Stem very weak, 5 in. and 

 more in length, 1 line thick, attenuated at both ends, Pileus 

 thin, campanulato-expanded, about 1 in. across, when young 

 elegantly flocculose, then farrowed, disc livid. Gills rather 

 distant. (Fries.) 



Coprinus narcoticus. Fr. (fig. 6, p. 303.) 



Pileus |— J in. across, foetid, very thin, cylindric-clavate, 

 then expanded, at length revolute, covered at first with 

 white, recui'ved, floccose scales, then naked, greyish-white, 

 hyaline, striate ; gills free but very close to the stem, white, 

 then becoming blackish; stem 1^2 in. long, about 1 line 

 thick, fragile, at first covered with, white down, then almost 

 glabrous, hollow; spores elliptical, 11 X o-Q [x. 



Coprinus narcoticus, Fries, Epicr., p. 250 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 231 ; Cke., Illustr. pi. 680 b. 



Afjaricus narcoticus, Batsch, f. 77. 



On dung. Caespitose. Smell very strong and disagree- 

 able, described by Fries as alkaline-narcotic, and in this 

 peculiarity is distinct from all otlier species. The stem is 

 sometimes straight, at others flexuoiis. 



Smell very strong, otherwise diliicult to distinguish from 

 Coprinus niveus. Stem about 2 in. long, equal, 'subulate,' at 

 length glabrous. Pileus when young conico-cylindrical, be- 



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