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veil, which disappears altogether before the plant attains 

 maturity. 



The olive-gilled Hypholoma (H. sublateritius, Plate 

 XVII., Jir j. 12) is a handsome species, the cap bright red 

 brown and convex, the folds pale at first, then olive. 

 Our specimens came from the Crockerton woods in Wilts. 

 The Bundle Hypholoma (H. fasicularis) is a familiar 

 example of the group. Clusters of it grow out of dead 

 wood, hazel, and other branches, at most seasons of the 

 year. The colour is orange, and the folds are only varied 

 by a slight admixture of green. 



The next series of Agaricini have black spores. The 

 Coprinus group spring quickly, and then melt away. 

 The Hairy Coprinus (C. comatus) has the cap torn into 

 hair-like scales. It grows in a cone-shape, and is found 

 on road sides and pastures. I first gathered it in a field 

 at Kingston Deverill in Wilts, but I had scarcely time 

 to paint its portrait before it melted away. It is a 

 common species. The Inky Coprinus (C. atramentarius 

 Plate XVII, Jig. 13) is also conical in form, and grows 

 in extensive groups, often crowding so close upon one 

 another, as to push each other out of shape. It springs 

 on garden borders, lawns, and in any rich ground. All 

 the group live principally on manure. 



About old stumps we frequently find similar groups of 

 the Mica Coprinus (C. micaceus). It is so called from the 

 sparkling scales upon the cap, which resemble grains of 

 Mica, the cap is an ochre brown, and the stem is hollow. 

 It is smaller and less conical than the other two species. 

 The Folded Coprinus (C. plicatilis) is a common fungus 



