508 COPRINUS 



7-10 x 4-6 mm., whitish, attenuated upwards from the thickened 

 base, smooth. Gills cinereous, then black, adnate, linear. Flesh thin. 

 Spores "black, broadly pip-shaped, 10 x 6-7 /u." Massee. Subcaespi- 

 tose. On the ground. Rare. 



1664. C. erythrocephalus (Lev.) Fr. (= Coprinus oblectus (Bolt.) Fr. 

 sec. Quel.) Lev. Ann. sc. nat. (1841), t. 14, fig. 3. 



epvdpos, red; Ke<f>a\ri, head. 



P. 1 cm., reddish vermilion, at length grey, membranaceous, conico- 

 campanulate, 1 cm. high, smooth, striate. St. 2-3 cm., paler than 

 the p., naked. Gills fuscous, then black, slightly adnexed, crowded. 

 Gregarious. On limed soil. Spring. Rare. 



1665. C. deliquescens (Bull.) Fr. Deliquescens, melting away. 

 P. 5-10 cm., livid fuliginous, membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, 



then expanded, smooth, disc papillate with minute points, never split, 

 but revolute and striate, the striae broad but not deep. St. 7-10 cm. x 

 4-8 mm., shining white, equally attenuated upwards, corticate, smooth. 

 Gills clay colour, then lurid blackish, free, at length remote from the st., 

 flexuose, very narrow, only 1 mm. broad, very crowded. Flesh thin. 

 Spores black, "elliptical, 8 x 5/t, obliquely apiculate" Massee. Sub- 

 caespitose. On trunks, stumps, and heaps of leaves. Aug. Oct. Not 

 uncommon, (v.v.) 



1666. C. digitalis (Batsch) Fr. Digitalis, belonging to the finger. 

 P. 2-3 cm., whitish, or straw coloured, disc often darker, becoming oli- 

 vaceous livid or yellowish cinereous, submembranaceous, fragile, ovate, 

 then campanulate, 2-3 cm. high, quite smooth and naked, moist, striate, 

 except at the even disc. St. 2-5-12-5 cm. x 2-3 mm., shining white, 

 equal, somewhat fiexuose, smooth, corticate, fragile, base villose. Gills 

 whitish brown, then black, somewhat free, reaching the st., ventricose; 

 edge white, micaceous. Spores "brown, elliptical, 8-9 x 5/n" Rick. 

 Caespitose. Damp places in woods, and pastures. Sept. Oct. Un- 

 common. 



1667. C. congregates (Bull.) Fr. Cke. Illus. no. 667, t. 679. 



Congregatus, collected into a flock. 



P. 1-2 cm., pale ochraceous, membranaceous, cylindrical, then cam- 

 panulate, 1-5-2 cm. high, viscid, smooth; margin striate, split when 

 expanded. St. 2-3 cm. x 2 mm., white, equal, smooth. Gills white, 

 then black, reaching the st., linear. Flesh white, yellowish at the disc, 

 very thin. Densely caespitose. Woods, roadsides, and gardens. Sept. 

 Nov. Uncommon, (v.v.) 



1668. C. tardus Karst. Cke. Illus. no. 666, t. 719. Tardus, late. 

 P. 2-5-5 cm., bright brown, becoming pale ochraceous tan, fleshy, 



fragile, ovate, then campanulate, 2-5-5 cm. high, sulcate, or deeply 



