32U FUNGUS-FLORA. 



****** Glabra ti. 



Coprinus alternatus. Fr. 



Pileus ^—1 in. across, when expanded H-2 in., flesh thin, 

 lieniispherical, then expanded and unihonate, striate, quite 

 smooth, chalkj^-pallid or very pale buff, disc darker ; gills 

 adnate, narrow, grey, then black; stem 3-4 in. long, about 

 2 lines thick, and equal except the more or less thickened 

 base, or sometimes attenuated upwards, hollow, whitish, 

 smooth ; spore black, broadly pip-shaped, 10 X 6-7 ^. 



Coprinus alternatus, Fries, Epicr., j). 248 ; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 230; Cooke, Illustr., pi. G77. 



Agaricus alternatus, Schum., SaelL, n. 1874. 



On the ground. In small clusters. In Cooke's figure, 

 Illustr., pi. 677, the gills are represented free from the stem. 

 Stem equal sliglitly or not at all thickened at the base, 

 subflexuous. 



Coprinus deliquescens. Fr. 



IMleus 1^—3 in. across, ovato-cam])anulate, then expanded, 

 usually rather repand, flesh rather thick at the disc, thin 

 towards the margin, distantly striate, glabrous except the 

 disc, which is minutely papillose, livid gre}', or smoky, disc 

 often tinged riifescent ; gills free, at length distant from the 

 stem, narrow, grey, then blackish ; stem 3-4 in. high, about 

 I in. thick, corticated, whitish, glabrous, hollow, subequal 

 or slightly attenuated upwards ; spores elliptical, oblicjuely 

 apiculate, 8 x o /><.. 



Coprinus deliquescens, Fries, Epicr., p. 249 ; Cooke, Ildbk., 

 p. 230; Cooke, Jllustr., pi. 678. 



Af/aricus deliquescens, Bulliard, t. 558, f. 1. 



On trunks, stumps, and (m heaps of dead leaves, &c. 

 tSlightly caespitose. Sometimes confounded with Coprinus 

 afrautentarlitx, from which it differs in every part being more 

 blendei", and in the free, distant gills. 



Stem naked, corticated, firm, 4 in. long, 2-4 lines thick, 

 efjiially attenuated upwaids, glabrous, white. Pileus mem- 

 lu'anaceous, campanulate, then expanded, almust glabrous, 

 disc minutely papilhjse, livid-fuliginous, 3-4 in. broad, not 

 sjtlitting, l>ut, revolute, striate, striae broad but not deep, 

 gills free, distant from the stem, very much crowded, 

 flexuous, very narrow, about I line broad. (Fries.) 



