320 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



****** Glabrati. 



Coprinus alternatus. Fr. 



Pileus -1 in. across, when expanded H-2 in., flesh thin, 

 hemispherical, then expanded and umbonate, striate, quite 

 smooth, chalky-pallid or very pale buff, disc darker; gills 

 adnate, narrow, grey, then black ; stem 34 in. long, about 

 2 lines thick, and equal except the more or less thickened 

 base, or sometimes attenuated upwards, hollow, whitish, 

 smooth ; spore black, broadly pip-shaped, 10 x 6-7 p.. 



Goprinus alternatus, Fries, Epicr., p. 248; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 230; Cooke, Illustr., pi. 677. 



Agaricus alternatus, Schum., Saell., n. 1874. 



On the ground. In small clusters. In Cooke's figure, 

 Illustr., pi. 677, the gills are represented, free from the stem. 

 Stem equal slightly or not at all thickened at the base, 

 subflexuous. 



Coprinus deliquescens. Fr. 



Pileus 1^3 in. across, ovato-campanulate, then expanded, 

 usually rather repand, flesh rather thick at the disc, thin 

 towards the margin, distantly striate, glabrous except the 

 disc, which is minutely papillose, livid grey, or smoky, disc 

 often tinged rufescent ; gills free, at length distant from the 

 stem, narrow, grey, then blackish ; stem 3-4 in. high, about 

 i in. thick, corticated, whitish, glabrous, hollow, subequal 

 or slightly attenuated upwards ; spores elliptical, obliquely 

 apiculate, 8 x 5 p- 



Coprinus deliquescens, Fries, Epicr., p. 249 ; Cooke, Hdbk., 

 p. 230; Cooke, Illustr., pi. 678. 



Agaricus deliquescens, Bulliard, t. 558, f. 1. 



On trunks, stumps, and on heaps of dead leaves, &c. 

 Slightly caespitose. Sometimes confounded with Coprinus 

 atramentarius, from which it differs in every part being more 

 slender, and in the free, distant gills. 



Stem naked, corticated, firm, 4 in. long, 2-4 lines thick, 

 equally attenuated upwards, glabrous, white. Pileus mem- 

 branaceous, campanulate, then expanded, almost glabrous, 

 disc minutely papillose, livid-fuliginous, 3-4 in. broad, not 

 splitting, but revolute, striate, striae broad but not deep, 

 gills free, distant from the stem, very much crowded, 

 flexuous, very narrow, about ^ line broad. (Fries.) 



