THE BLACK-SPORED AGARICS 339 



Coprinus Hmetarius. Fr. 

 The Shaggy Dung Coprinus. 



Fimetarius is from timet uni, a dunghill. The pileus is somewhat mem- 

 branaceous, clavate, then conical, at length torn and revolnte ; at first rough with 

 floccose scales, then naked ; longitudinally cracked and furrowed, even at the apex. 

 The stem is inclined to be scaly, thickened at the base, solid. The gills are free, 

 reaching the stem, at first ventricose, then linear, brownish-black. Fries. 



This is quite a variable plant. There are a number of varieties classed 

 under this species. It is said to be of excellent flavor. I have never eaten it. 



Pancrolus. Fr. 



Panseolus is from two Greek words, all ; varigated. This genus is so called 

 from the mottled appearance of the gills. The pileus is somewhat fleshy, margin 

 even, but never striate. The margin always extends beyond the gills and the 

 gills are not uniform in color. The mottled appearance of the gills is due to the 

 falling of the black spores. The gills do not deliquesce. 



The stem is smooth, sometimes scaly, at times quite long, hollow. The veil, 

 when present, is interwoven. 



This plant is found on rich lawns recently manured, but principally on clung. 



There are only two edible species. P. retirugis and P. solidipes. The other 

 species would not be likely to attract the attention of the ordinary collector. 



Pancrolus retirugis. Fr. 

 The Rnsp.Kn Panakolus. Enir.LE. 



Retirugis is from rete, a net ; ruga, a wrinkle. The pileus is about one inch 

 in diameter, inclined to be globose, then hemispherical, slightly umbonate, center 

 darker, with united raised ribs, sometimes sprinkled with opaque atoms ; veil torn, 

 appendiculate. 



The gills are fixed, ascending, broad in middle ; and in the expanded forms 

 the gills are separated more and more from the stem and finally appear more or 

 less triangular ; cinerous-black, frequently somewhat clouded. 



The stem is equal, covered with a frost-like bloom, cylindrical, sometimes 

 tortuous, cartilaginous, becoming hollow, pinkish-purple, always darker below and 

 paler above, bulbous. 



The veil in young and unexpanded plants is quite strong and prominent; 

 as the stem elongates it loosens from the stem, and as the cap expands it breaks 



