168 AGARICINI. 



474. Coprinus radiatus. Fr. "Delicate Coprinus." 



Very delicate; pileus clavate, then campanulate, tomentose, 

 Boon splitting, expanded, naked, discoid, plicato-radiate ; stem 

 filiform, unpolished ; gills free, distant, few. — Fr. Epicr. p. 261. 

 Bull. t. 542,/. L. 4' E.H. Eng. Fl. y.p. 123. 



On dung. Common. [United States.] 



Very tender, so that a breath destroys it. Pileus 1-2 lines broad, at first 

 digitaliform, 3'ellowish, apex obtuse, darker, striate and downy, when full 

 grown pale browm, or nearly colourless, centre sometimes dimpled, strongly 

 furrowed, edge notched, and often split in a radiated manner, so as to ap- 

 pear like the spokes of a wheel. Gills about ten, with minute smaller ones 

 in the interstices. Stem 1-3 in. high, very slender, quite filiform, smooth, 

 but sometimes fibrillose and tomentose, dusky or colourless, a little thick- 

 ened at the base, which is slightly downy. —31. J. B. Spores '0003 X'0002 in. 



*^* Furfurelli — pileus mealy or micaceous. 



475. Coprinus doxnesticus. Fr. *•' Domestic Coprinus." 



Pileus thin, ovate, campanulate, obtuse, splitting, undulato- 

 sulcate, furfuraceo-squamulose ; stem attenuated, silky, "white ; 

 gills fixed, crowded, linear, white with reddish, then brown-black. 

 — Er. Ej^icr.p. 261. Huss.t. Eng. El. Y.p.l21. 



On damp carpets, &c. [United States.] 



Very brittle, often csespitose. Pileus 2 in. broad, membranaceous, cam- 

 panulate, apex nearly smooth, reddish brown : gills white when young, then 

 ruddy, at length brown-black j stem 2-3 in, high, 3 lines thick, even, attenu- 

 ated upwards. — Fries. 



476. Coprinus ephemerus. Fr. "Ephemeral Coprinus." 



Pileus yery thin, OYali-clavate, then campanulate, splitting, 

 radiato-sulcate, sub-furfuraceous ; disc elevated, even ; stem 

 slender, equal, pellucid, smooth ; gills reaching the stem, dis- 

 tant, whitish, then brown and black. — Er. Epicr. p. 252. Fl. 

 Daw. ^ 832./. 2. Built. 12^. Batt. t. 27, B. Eng. FI.y. p. 123. 



On dung hills. Common. [United States.] 



Extremely fugacious. Pileus ^-| in. broad, ovate or campanulate, at 

 length deflexed, margin finally splitting and curling back; apex umber, 

 shaded gradually into a delicate bluish-grey, striate, scaly when young; 

 gills at length black, linear, edge downy, white; stem 1-2 in. high, 1 line 

 thick, dirty white, with a few fibrillse, at length naked.— J/. J. B. 



