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477. Coprinus plicatilis. Fr. "Plaited Coprinus." 



Pileus very thin, ovali-cylindrical, then expanded, splitting, 

 sulcato -plicate, somewhat smooth; disc broad, at length de- 

 pressed, even ; stem equal, smooth, white ; gills adnate to a dis- 

 tinct collar, distant, greyish black. — F}\ Spier. p. 262. Curt.Fl. 

 Load. t. 200. Sow. t. ^U. Fl. Dan. t. 1134:. Batt. t. 28, A. B. 

 Bull. t. 552,/. 2 (partly). Eng. Fl. y.p. 122. Price,/. 33. 



In pastures. Common. [United States.] 



Extremely fugacious ; pileus |-1 in. broad, cylindrical, farfuraceous, at 

 length plan-^, nearly naked, umbilicate, grey, yellowish -brown in tlie centre, 

 beautifully plicate, membranaceous, pellucid; gills free, dark-grey, sub- 

 distant, very n irrow, tender ; stem 1-3 in. high, very slender, fragile, smooth, 

 grey, tinged with brown, sometimes white, hollow. — Grev. 



478. Coprinus Spraguei. B. ^^ C. "Garden Coprinus." 



Very delicate ; pileus campanulate, then conical, tomentose, 

 plicate ; stem fistulose, pale cinnamon , gills few, narrow. — Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. Oct. 1859. Berk. Outl.p. 182. 



In gardens. July. King's Cliffe. [New England.] 



Spores narrow, subcymbiform, '0004 in. long. The difference between it 

 and C.jjlicatUis^ as regards the spores, is very striking. — M.J. B. 





Hemerohii — pileus always smooth. 



479. Coprinus hemerobius. Fr. " Collared Coprinus. " 



Pileus very thin, ovate, nearly even, then expanded, cam- 

 panulate, splitting, sulcate, smooth, apex subpruinose ; stem 

 elongated, attenuated, smooth, pallid ; gills linear, pallid, then 

 black, adnexed to an obscure collar. — Fr. Fpicr. p. 253. Bolt. 

 t.31. Fl. Dan. L 1960,/. 2. 



On roadsides. Rare. 



With t'le habit of C plicatilis, but the stem longer, 4-5 in., and very fra- 

 gile, pileus persistently campanulate, disc bright brown, never the least de- 

 pressed ; gills 1-1^ lines broad. 



480. Coprinus filiformis. Berk, d; Br. " Filiform Coprinus." 



Very minute ; pileus cylindrical, striate, grey, with white 

 micaceous particles; stem capillary, white, verj minutely pilose. 

 —Ann. N.H. no. 928, t. lb J. 8. 



On the ground, in woods. Sept. Colleyweston. 



Pileus not a line high, cylindrical, striate, grey, shining with white mealy 

 particles ; stem half-an-inch high, extremely fine, white, sprinkled with a 

 few short delicate hairs ; not larger than Mxicor canifius.—B. <£■ Br. 



