164 AGAEICINI. 



%% Tomentosi. 



462. Coprinus extinctoirius. Fr. " Extinguisher Coprinus." 



Pileus submembranaceous, clavate, then campanulate, 

 straight, margin striate, at first clothed with evanescent floccose 

 scales ; stem hollow, attenuated from the rooting base, smooth ; 

 gills reaching the stem, lanceolate, white, then brown-black. — 

 Fr. Epicr.j). 2-45. Paul. t. 124,/. 7. Bull. t. 437,/. 1. Bolt.t. 

 24. 



On the ground. 



Stem hollow, attenuated from the rootiii<]^ base, 4-5 in. long, 3 Tin. thick; 

 pileus about 3 in, broad, becoming pale ; disc darker, somewhat livid. 



463. Gop7inu3 fimetarius. Fr. " Shaggy dung Coprinus." 



Pileus submembranaceous, clavate, then conical, at length 

 torn and revolute, at first rough with white floccose scales, then 

 naked, longitudinally rimoso-sulcate, even at the apex ; stem 

 squamulose, thickened at the base, solid ; gills free, lanceolate, 

 then linear and flexuose, black. — Fr. Fpicr.p. 245. Bull. t. 88. 



On dung heaps. Mar. A23r. Common. 



Yariable ; sometimes there is a root as long as the stem ; subcsespitose ; 

 stem about 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lin. thick ; spores -00056 X -00035 in. 



464. Copxinus toxnentosus. Fr. " Downy Coprinus." 



Pileus submembranaceous, cylindrical, then conical, striate, 

 floccoso-tomentose, then longitudinally cracked ; stem hollow, 

 rather short, equal, velvety ; gills free, linear, brownish-black. 

 Fr.Epicr.p.2iQ. BuU.t.lSS. Bolt.t. 136. 3[ich.t.7b,f.3. 



On dung and in rich pastures. 



Tlie coating sometimes peels off in broad patches. Pileus narrowly pyra- 

 midical, tomentum subpersistent, whitish grey, sometimes furfuraceous ; 

 1^ in. high. Stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick. 



465. Coprinus niveus. Fr. "Snowy Coprinus." 



Pileus submembranaceous, oval, then campanulate, and ex- 

 panded, floccoso-squamulose, with dense white down, and nearly 

 persistently furfuraceous ; stem fistulose, equal, villous, white ; 

 gills subadnate, narrow, blackish. — Fr. Epicr. p. 246. Eng. Fl. v. 

 p. 121. Fl.Dan.t. 1671. Paul. t. 125,/ 2. ^om;.^. 262? 



On horse dung. Common. [United States.] 



