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oreades — Russnla ochroleuca — Amanita rvbescens — Amanitopsis vaqinata 

 — Collyhia radicata, C. velutipes, C. dryophila, and C. fusipes — Pluteus 

 cervinus — Nolanea pascua — Concluding Remarks 83 



CHAPTER V 



THE INOCYBE SUB-TYPE AND ITS INTERMEDIATE POSITION 



General Remarks — Characters of the Inocybe Sub-type . , , .114 



CHAPTER VI 



THE INAEQUI-HYMENIIFERAE 



The Establishment of the Genus Coprinus — Chief Characters — Other Characters 

 — Previous Investigations — Critical Remarks on the Generic Position of 

 Certain Agaricineae — Psathyra urticaecola — Coprinus plicatilis — Falck's 

 Theory of Radiosensitivity in Coprinus . . . . . .US 



CHAPTER VII 



THE COMATUS SUB-TYPE ILLUSTRATED BY COPRINUS COMATUS 



Characters of the Comatus Sub-type — Representative Species — Differences 

 between Coprinus comatus and Coprinus sterqxiiliyius — Coprinus comatus 

 — Additional Illustrations of the Fruit-body — Structure of the Mature 

 Hymenium. Basidial Dimorphism and its Significance. The Functions 

 of the Paraphyses — Tramal Capillarity and the Pate of the Fluid liberated 

 by Autodigestion — Coprinus comatus Parasitised by Stropharia epimyces 

 — The Production of Fruit-bodies in the Laboratory .... 144 



CHAPTER VIII 



COPRINUS STERQUILINUS 



Introduction — Synonyms — Occurrence — Cultures - — Description of the 

 Maturing Fruit-body — The Structure and Develoj^ment of the Hymenium 

 — The Spores — The Mode of Fiill and the Adhesiveness of the Spores con- 

 sidered in Relation ^Wth Herbivorous Animals — The Discharge of the 

 Spores and the Phenomenon of Autodigestion — Conclusion and Discus- 

 sion of the Probable Steps in the Evolution of the Inaequi-hymeniiferae . 177 



CHAPTER IX 



THE ATRAMENTARIUS SUB-TYPE ILLUSTRATED BY COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS 



Characters of the Atramentarius Sub-type — Representative Species — Coprinus 

 atramentarius. Preliminary Remarks on the Function and Fate of the 

 C3^tidia — Distribution and Habitat — General Description of the Fruit- 

 bodies — The Geotropism of the Stipe — The Structure of the Gills — The 

 Process of Spore-discharge — The Function and Fate of the Cystidia 

 during Spore-discharge — The Interlamellar Spaces — Summary concerning 

 the Structure and Function of the Cystidia — The Pilei of Coprinus atra- 

 mentarius and C. comattis Compared — The Pileus-flesh — Other Coprini 

 belonging to the Atramentarius Sub-type ...... 260 



