328 FUNGUS-FLORA. 



Coprinus plicatilis. Fr. 



Pileus f-1 in. across, membranaceous, ovate-cylindrical, 

 then campanulate, eventually becoming plane, the margin 

 splitting and revolute, sulcateup to the disc, almost glabrous, 

 brown, then greyish, the disc remaining darker, broad, even, 

 at length depressed ; gills attached to a collar distant from 

 the stem, narrow, distant, greyish-black ; stem 23 in. long, 

 about 1 line thick, equal, white, smooth, hollow ; spores 

 12-14 X 8-10 /x. 



Coprinus plicatilis, Fries, Epicr., p. 252; Cke., Hdbk., 

 p. 233 ; Cke., Illustr., pi. 686 A. 



Agaricus plicatilis, Curtis, Flor. Lond., t. 200. 



In rich pastures, &c. Distinguished by the almost glabrous 

 membranaceous pileus being sulcate up to the broad, even 

 disc which becomes depressed at maturity, very ephemeral. 



Extremely fugacious. Pileus |~1 in. broad, cylindrical, 

 furfuraceous, at length plane, nearly naked, umbilicated, 

 grey, yellowish-brown in the centre, beautifully plicate, 

 membranaceous, pellucid. Gills free, dark-grey, subdistant ; 

 very narrow, tender. Stem 1-3 in. high, very slender, 

 fragile, smooth, grey tinged with brown, sometimes white, 

 hollow. (Grev.) 



Coprinus filiformis. B. & Br. 



Pileus 12 lines high, grey, cylindrical, striate, atomate ; 

 stem ^ f in. high, very thiu, white, sparingly fibrillose ; 

 gills linear, spores globose, 5 ^ diameter. 



Coprinus filiformis, Berk. & Broome, Ann. Nat. Hist, n. 

 928 ; pi. xv. f. 8 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 233 ; Illustr., pi. 686 B. 



On the ground in a wood. This minute species is not 

 larger than Mucor caninus, and is certainly distinct from any 

 which has been described. (B. & Br.) 



Specimens have since been met with rather larger than 

 those described by Berkeley, but agreeing with the type in 

 every other respect. 



**** Hemerolii. 



Coprinus hemerobius. Fr. 



Pileus f-1 in. across, ovate-campanulate, then expanded, 



coarsely sulcate up to the obtuse disc, smooth from the first, 



