22 Beprodtbdion in the Mushroom Tribe. By W. G. Smith. 



which form the veil in Fig. 8, B B B, are all torn assunder during 

 the few moments consimied in the expansion of the cap, and at the 



Fig. 8. — Coprinns radiatu.?, Fr. 

 Enlarged 120 diam. 



moment of maturity the hairs vanish and the pileus is naked, which 

 nakedness is the first sijirn of its decav. When the fragile little 



