COPRINUS. 321 



Coprinus tardus. Karst. 



Pileus 1-2 in. high and wide, rather fleshy, thin, fragile, 

 ovate, then campanulate, sulcate, or deeply striate, quite gla- 

 brous, rather dry, bright brown becoming pale ochraceous- 

 tan ; gills adnate, crowded, very narrow, broadest behind, deli- 

 quescent, whitish, then tinged with brown, at length black ; 

 stem 4-6 in. high, about 2 lines thick, equal, hollow, sub- 

 flexuous, minutely striated at the apex, slightly downy, 

 whitish ; spores elliptical or sometimes subangular, opaque, 

 blackish brown, subinaequilateral, 12-18 X 7-9 /x. 



Coprinus tardus, Symb. ad Myc. Fenn., vi. p. 20 ; Icon. Sel. 

 Hym. Fenn., fig. xix. ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 230 ; Cke., Illustr., 

 pi. 719. 



On the ground. 



Densely tufted. Smell none. Allied to Coprinus deli- 

 quescens, but distinct in the following points : pileus fleshy, 

 hardly expanded, not punctate at the disc, never re volute, 

 hardly splitting, dryish, stem equal, gills adnate, crowded, 

 not flexuous, white, than brownish, at length black. (Kar- 

 sten.) 



Coprinus digitalis. Fr. 



Caespitose. Pileus about 1 in. high and broad, submem- 

 branaceous, parabolic, altogether glabrous and naked, disc 

 even, the remainder striated, whitish or straw-colour, centre 

 often darker, splitting with age ; gills slightly adnexed, 

 ventricose, whitish-brown, then blackish, margin at first 

 micaceous; stem 15 in. long, 1 line thick, equal, hollow, 

 rather flexuous, glabrous, corticated, white. 



Coprinus digitalis, Fries, Epicr., p. 249 ; Fries, Monogr. 

 Suec., i. p. 462. 



In damp places in woods, &c. Caespitose, fragile, terres- 

 trial. In the mature fungus the pileus is livid olive or yel- 

 lowish-grey, and the gills appear to be adnate. 



Coprinus congregatus. Bull. (fig. 12, p. 303.) 

 Pileus ,\ i in. high, cylindrical, then campanulate, finally 

 expanded and split at the margin, smooth, viscid, margin 

 slightly striate, ochraceous ; gills about 1 line broad, slightly 

 adnexed, white, finally becoming black ; stem 1-1^ in. high, 

 equal, smooth, hollow, whitish. 



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