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*** Picacei. Universal veil flocculose. at first continuous, 

 then torn into superficial, areolate patches by the expansion 

 of the pileus. 



**** Tomentosi. Pileus at first veiled by a loosely villous 

 web that becomes torn into distinct floccose scales, which 

 eventually disappear. King absent. 



***** Micacei. Pileus at first covered with minute 

 glistening micaceous squamules or granules, which at length 

 disappear. Ring absent. 



****** Glabrati. Pileus glabrous, without either floccose 

 or micaceous squamules. Veil absent. 



Tribe II. Veliformes. Pileus very thin, without a cuticle, 

 plicato-sulcate, at length splitting along the lines of the gills. 

 Stern slender, hollow. 



* Cyclodei. Stem furnished with a ring that is in some 

 species the free margin of the volva. 



** Lanulati. Gills free, pileus with a superficial floccu- 

 lose layer that eventually disappears. Eing absent. 



*** FurfurellL Pileus micaceous or scurfy ; gills usually 

 adnate to a collar at the apex of the stem. Ring absent. 



**** Hemerobii. Pileus always glabrous. Ring absent. 



TRIBE I. PELLICULOSI. 



* Comati. 



Coprinus comatus. Fr. (fig. 1, p. 303.) 

 Pileus 3-4 in. high, cylindrical, then more or less expanded, 

 at first even, during growth the cuticle becomes torn into 

 broad, adpressed, scattered scales, pale ochraceous, interstices 

 whitish ; gills almost free, about ^ in. broad, crowded, white, 

 :hen pinkish, at length black ; stem 4-6 in. long, ^ f in. thick, 

 rabequal or slightly attenuated upwards, white, even, hollow, 

 more or less bulbous, bulb solid, ring movable ; spores almost 

 olack, elliptical, 13-18 x 7-8 /x. 



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