HYMENOMTCETES. 



Sub-Genus PSILOCYBE. 



Veil inconspicuous ; stem sub-cartilaginoiis, firm, and tough ; 

 gills becoming brown or purjilisli ; pileas somewhat fleshy, 

 smooth ; margin at first incurved. 



Suh-Genus PSATHYRA. 



Stem fistulose, shining, fragile ; pileus conical or campanulate. 

 Graceful fungi, fragile and hygrophanous. 



Series V. Coprinarii. 



Spores black. 

 Sub-Genus PAN^OLUS. 



Stem smooth, rather firm ; gills ascending, dappled grey and 

 black, becoming moist, at first projecting be3'ond the margin ; 

 slightly fleshy fungi, usually growing in dungy places. 



Suh-Genus PSATHYRELLA. 



Pileus membranaceous, striated; gills smoky, not dappled, 

 nor projecting beyond the margin. 



Synopsis of COPRINUS. 



Teibe I. PELLICULOSI. 



Gills attached to a pellicle, causing the pileus to be torn irre- 

 gularly in deliquescence. 



Tkibe II. VELIFOBMES. 



Pileus extremely thin, splitting in the direction of the gills in 

 deliquescence. 



Synopsis of CORTINARIUS. 



Suh-Genus PIILEGMACIUM. 



Veil fibrillose, dry ; stem firm, dry ; pileus evenly fleshy. 



Sub-Genus MYXACIUM. 



Volva glutinous, whence the stem is viscid ; scarcely bulbous ; 

 pileus fleshy, rather thin ; gills adnate decurrcnt. 



Suh-Genus INOLOMA. 



Veil simple ; pilous evenlj^ fleshy, drj-; stem fleshy, sub-bulbous. 



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