322 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Coprinus congregates, Fries, Epicr., p. 249 ; Fries, Hym. 

 Bur., p. 328; Cke., Hdbk., p. 230; Cke., Illustr., pi. 679. 



Agaricus congregatus, Bull., t. 94. 



On the ground, also in hothouses, &c. 



Eeadily distinguished by the densely caespitose mode of 

 growth, the small size, the viscid, ochraceous, glabrous pileus 

 which remains elongato-cylindrical for some time, then 

 becomes campanulate, and finally expands and splits at the 

 margin. 



Densely caespitose, fragile, readily distinguished from 

 Coprinus digitalis by its much smaller size ; stern short, thin ; 

 pileus from cylindrical to campanulate, glabrous, ochraceous, 

 gills adfixed, linear, white, then black, (Fries.) 



TRIBE II. VELIFOEMES. 



* Oydodei. 



Coprinus Henderson!. Berk. 



Pileus about 2 lines high, up to ^ in. across when ex- 

 panded, membranaceous, at first subcylindrical, then becom- 

 ing plano-convex, minutely pruinose, apex pale brown, grey- 

 ish towards the margin ; gills free, narrow, becoming black, 

 margin white, rather distant; stem 1-1^ in. long, slender, 

 slightly attenuated upwards, almost or quite smooth, white, 

 furnished with a distinct ring below the middle, hollow; 

 spores 10 x 5 p~ 



Coprinus Hendersoni, Berk., Outl., pi. 24, f. 8 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 231 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 680 A. 



Agaricus Hendersoni, Berk., Eng. Flora, vol. v. p. 122. 



On hotbeds and on dung in fields. 



Extremely tender ; pileus 4-6 lines broad, at first subcy- 

 lindric, granulose under a lens, apex brownish, shaded into 

 cinereous towards the margin, at length plano-convex; 

 margin folded. Gills rather distant, free, powdered with the 

 black sporules, the extreme margin white, narrow; at length 

 appearing like mere wrinkles. Stem 11 in. high, not a Hne 

 thick, white, nearly or quite smooth, hollow, attenuated up- 

 wards, furnished with a cup-shaped more or less distant, 

 permanent ring. (Berk.) 



