310 FUNGUS-FLOE A. 



Coprinus fuscescens, Fries, Epicr., p. 244; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 226; Cooke, Illustr., pi. 663?. 



On trunks, dead stumps, &c. 



Smaller and more slender than Coprinus atramentarius, 

 pileus brownish-grey, disc becoming rufous, not sprinkled 

 with micaceous particles, but at first covered with a mealy 

 bloom ; gills adnexed, attenuated from the stem to the 

 margin, deliquescent. (Fries.) 



In Cooke's figure of this species, drawn from specimens 

 determined by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, the pileus is bright 

 chestnut in every part, and striate from the margin half-way 

 up, and when old much split and more or less revolute, 

 whereas Schaeifer's figure shows the species densely tufted, 

 with the habit of C. micaceus and the pileus pale grey with 

 tinge of brown, apex darker. 



Var. rimoso-squamosus, Cooke, Illustr., pi. 664; Cke., 

 Hdbk., p. 226. 



Pileus 1^-2 in. high and broad, ovate, then more or less 

 expanded, greyish-brown, becoming brown towards the apex, 

 where the cuticle is torn into large angular patches, pale 

 between the patches ; gills broad near the stem, becoming 

 narrower towards the margin ; stem whitish, rather flexuous, 

 equal, hollow; spores as in the type. 



On the ground, about stumps. 



*** Picacei. 



Coprinus picaceus. Fr. 



Pileus 2-2^ in. across, membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, 

 striate up to the disc, smoky-black, variegated with large, 

 irregular, superficial white patches ; gills free, in. or more 

 broad, ventricose, greyish-black ; stem 56 in. long, base 

 bulbous, abrupt, otherwise equal ^ |- in. thick, white, hollow, 

 fragile, smooth ; spores elliptical, apiculate, 14x8 /j. ; 

 cystidia large, numerous. 



Coprinus picaceus, Fries, Hyrn. Eur., p. 323 ; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 226 ; Cooke, Illustr., pi. 665. 



On the ground. A very distinct and beautiful species. 

 When young the pileus is cylindrical, and completely 

 covered by a thick, whitish layer, which during the growth 

 and expansion of the pileus becomes broken up into large, 



