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II. — The Ink-Cap {Coprinus atramentarius) . 



The ink-cap {Copriniis atrame^itarius) occurs under much the 

 same conditions as the shaggy -mane, and is sometimes found 

 accompanying it. It is usually more common and more abundant. 

 It springs up in old or newly made lawns which have been richly 



93. — Coprinus atramentarius^ scaly form. {Natural size ^) 



manured, or it occurs in other grassy places. Sometimes the 

 plants are scattered, sometimes two or three in a cluster, but 

 usually large clusters are formed where ten to twenty or more 

 are crowded closely together (figure 92). The stems are shorter 

 than those of the shaggy-mane and the pileus is of a different 

 shape and color. The pileus is more egg-shaped or oval. It 



