232 Coprinus. 



first continuous then broken into floccose patches ; g. adnate ; s. 

 5 cm. white, hollow, fibrillose; sp. 15 16 x 10. 



Differs from G. various in hollow stem. 



| phaeosporus, Karst. P. conico-cylindrical then flattened, every- 

 where delicately striate, at first enclosed in a rufescent veil which 

 breaks up into patches, soon naked and white ; g. adnexed ; s. 

 glabrous, white, hollow ; sp. 9 15 x 4 9. 



Differs from G. albus by glabrous s. 



tf Gills free. 



picaceus, Fr. P. campan. glutinous, striate up to disc, blackish 

 with white patches; g. free; s. 10 15 cm. white, hollow, base 

 swollen; sp. 14x8. 



tomentosus, Fr. P. cylindr. then narrowly conical, at length 

 exp. 2 3 cm. ; pallid yellow, covered with a greyish felt which 

 breaks into scales ; g. free ; s. 5 cm. hollow, greyish, velvety ; 

 sp. . 



[velatus, Q. P. cylind. then exp. 2 3 cm. yellowish, sulcate, 

 veil white, thin ; g. free but close to s. ; s. 4 6 cm. white, villose, 

 coarsely striate ; sp. 10x5. 



[Forquignoni, Mass. (C. Queletii, Forq.). P. conico-campan. veil 

 thick, ochraceous, then broken up into persistent patches, whitish, 

 6 6 cm. high ; g. remote ; s. white, floccosely fibrillose, ending in a 

 tawny bulb ; sp. 9 x 6. 



[various, Fr. P. white or livid towards the split edge, with 

 patches of white veil ; g. free ; s. 6 9 cm. often incurved, white, 

 glabrous, solid, tough. 



Differs from C. picaceus in white p. and solid s. 



* * Veil breaking up into superficial scales, cottony 

 or fibrillose. 



f Gills attached to stem. 



Pileus white or grey. 



niveus, Fr. All pure white. P. 1 2 % 5 cm. campan. floccose; 

 g. slightly adnexed; s. 5 8 cm. hollow, villose; sp. 16 x 11 13. 



var. astroideus, Fr. P. squamose, naked, grey, 1 cm. ; s. up to 

 8 cm. slender, glabrous. 



[albus, Q. Snow white. P. ovoid then exp. T5 2 cm. floccosely 

 mealy then pearl grey and grooved, with tawny flecks at disc ; g. 

 adnate, seceding ; s. coarsely striate upwards ; sp. 1213 long. 



[Rostrupianus, Hansen. White. P. thin campan. then exp. 

 tomentose, squamulose ; g. free, grey then blackish ; s. narrowed 

 upwards, glabrous above, downy below, base with white tomentum. 



Medium sized, allied to C. niveus. 



