326 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



1859; Cke., Hdbk., p. 232; Cke., Illustr., pi. 683 B ; Berk., 

 Outlines, p. 182. 



On the ground. Somewhat resembling Coprinus plicatilis 

 in size and general appearance, but readily distinguished 

 from this and all other species by the pale cinnamon- 

 coloured stem, and the slightly curved spores. The disc is 

 not depressed when the pileus is expanded as in C. plicatilis. 



** Furfurelli. 



Coprinus domesticus. Fr. 



Pileus 1^2 in. across, thin, ovate, then campanulate, 

 obtuse, furfuraceo - squamulose, smoke-coloured or pale 

 greyish- white, disc brown, undulato-sulcate, splitting; gills 

 adnexed, crowded, narrow, at first reddish-white, then 

 blackish-brown ; stem 2-3 in. long, 2-3 lines thick, slightly 

 attenuated upwards, adpressedly silky, white, hollow, spores 

 14-16 x 7-8 p.. 



Coprinus domeslicus, Fries, Epicr., p. 251 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 232 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 684. 



On moist rotten wood, damp carpets, on damp walls, &c. 

 Caespitose. The largest species included in the present 

 section of the genus. 



Very brittle, often caespitose ; pileus 2 in. broad, mem- 

 branaceous, campanulate, apex nearly smooth, reddish- 

 brown. Gills white when young, then ruddy, at length 

 brown-black. Stem 23 in. high, 3 lines thick, even, 

 attenuated upwards. (Fries.) 



Coprinus stercorarius. Fr. 



Pileus above 1 in. high, when fully expanded 1^ in. broad, 

 very thin, ovate then campanulate, sometimes expanded, and 

 a little upturned at the margin, densely covered with a 

 white, glistening, micaceous powder, margin striate ; gills 

 adnexed about H lines broad, ventricose, black; stem at 

 first ovately bulbous, then elongated, 3-5 in. long, equally 

 attenuated upwards from the base, at first minutely mealy, 

 white, hollow ; spores 14-15 x 8 /A. 



Coprinus stercorarius, Fries, Epicr., p. 251 ; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 232 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 685 A. 



On dung, manured Aground, &c. Differing from the other 



