230 Coprinus. 



very slightly adnexed ; s. 12 20 cm. white, base bulbous, rooting, 

 ring loose ; sp. 1214 x 810. Edible. 



var. clavatus, Q. P. ovate, g. free white then black, no inter- 

 mediate pink colour ; s. without a ring. 



ovatus, Schaeff. P. 8 10 cm. high, ovate then exp. striate, soon 

 broken up into broad adpressed scales ; g. free ; s. white, base 

 bulbous, rooting, ring deciduous ; sp. 12 x 8. Edible. 



Differs from C. comatus in smaller size, and ovate form when 

 young. 



atramentarius, Fr. P. rather fleshy, 8 12 cm. high, ovate 

 then campan. fluted, edge uneven, silvery grey, apex squauiulose ; 

 g. free; s. 10 16 cm. white, hollow, ring basal, evanescent; sp. 

 12 x 6. Edible. 



sobolifems, Fr. P. thin, ovate then exp. plicate below, disc 

 truncate, brownish with darker squamules, rest greyish white ; g. 

 free ; s. 12 20 cm. white, stuffed, ring fugacious ; sp. 15 x 7. 

 Edible. 



Differs from C. atramentarius in squainulose truncate disc, 

 stuffed stem, and larger spores. 



[pyrenaeus, Q. P. narrowly ellipt. up to 10 cm. long, striate, 

 pearl grey, with a dense veil of free white fibrils; g. free; s. 

 10 15 cm. hollow, white, ring basal, fugacious; sp. subgl. 12 18. 



Differs from C. atramentarius in white veil. 



[praegnans, Fr. P. campan. 18 20 cm. high, not striate, grey, 

 crowded with white squamules; g. free, umber from first; s. solid, 

 fusiform, rooting, squamulose, ring free ; sp. - . 



Differs from G. atramentarius in solid s. 



* * Small ; pileus never exceeding 3 cm. high. 



Hendersonii, Fr. P. subcylindrical then exp. up to 1 cm. apex 

 tawny rest grey, fluted, minutely pruinose; g. free; s. 3 i cm. 

 with a permanent ring below middle ; sp. 10 12 x 6. 



[bulbillosus, Pat P. 810 mm. grey disc yellow, striate, 

 covered with white meal ; g. grey ; s. 2 3 cm. white, base bulbous, 

 ring loose, median ; sp. 8 9 x 6 7. 



Differs from C. Hendersonii in bulbous stem. 



[ephemeroides, Fr. P. campan. plicato-sulcate, whitish, disc 

 tinged yellow, up to 1 cm. sprinkled with superficial flecks ; g. free ; 

 s. 2 4*cm. whitish, ring free, base with a pilose bulb; sp. 11 12 

 x6 7. 



Differs from C. bulbillosus in squamulose pileus and strigose bulb. 



var. muscorum, sp. 7 9 x 6 8. 



[scauroides, Godey. P. ovate then campau. striate, white then 

 purplish, floccosely squamulose ; g. free ; s. white, with a margiiiate 

 bulb and ring. 



[Bresadolae, Schulz. P. subcylindrical, greyish-white, apex 

 tinged brown ; g. black, edge white ; s. tapering upwards, white, 

 glabrous, ring deciduous. 



