Coprinus. 235 



fimetarius, Fr. P. 2 2'5 cm. clavate then conico-exp. soon 

 splitting, disc even brownish, at first covered with squarrose floccose 

 scales, then naked; g. free; s. 10 15 cm. white, squamulose, base 

 solid; sp. 1214x78. 



var. pullatus, Fr. P. with adpressed squamules, soon naked, dark ; 

 s. soon smooth. 



var. cinereus, Fr. P. floccosely mealy then naked, grey; s. rootless, 

 hollow to base. 



var. macrorhiza, Fr. P. at first with feathery squamules; s. 

 short, rooting. 



[Queletii, Schulzer. P. ellipsoid-conical then exp. deeply sulcate, 

 whitish, apex glabrous tinged cinnamon, with fugacious flecks; g. 

 free; s. white, flocculose then glabrous, ventricose below, rooting with 

 long brown fibres ; sp. 10 12 x 4 6. 



[laxus, Bres. and Schulz. P. subglobose, grey, disc yellowish 

 cinnamon, granularly floccose ; g. free ; s. white, tinged brown at 

 base, with white flecks, bending over as it dries ; sp. 6 8 x 4 5. 



[Albertinii, Karst. P. campan. sulcate, greyish-white, disc 

 brownish, with fine network of fibrils; g. free; s. white, silky- floccose; 

 sp. 10 12 x 6. 



[Strossmayeri, Schulzer. P. digitaliform, then conico-campan. 

 whitish then grey, apex darker, finally pale ochre, with deciduous 

 squarrose scales ; g. free ; s. white, pruinose, springing from a com- 

 pact, brandling blackish-brown mycelium ; sp. 79 long. 



* * * Veil formed of white meal, or hyaline vesicles. 

 Not glistening or micaceous. 



tuberosus, Q. P. campan. 35 mm. finely striate, white then 

 greyish, veil of hyaline vesicles ; g. blackish violet ; s. 2 4 cm. 

 slender, wavy, white, downy, springing from a small black sclerotium ; 

 sp. 12 long. 



Smaller than C. niverts, and springing from a sclerotium. 



[cineratus, Q. P. campan. 1 2 cm. striate, white then greyish 

 violet, veil of dusky hyaline vesicles ; g. free, close to stein ; s. 

 4 6 cm. white, base rather swollen and sheathed by remains of 

 a volva ; sp. 10x5. 



filiformis, B. and Br. P. 1 2 mm. cylindrical, striate, grey, 

 mealy; g. linear; s. 1 1*5 cm. slender, hyaline, sprinkled with hairs; 

 sp. subg. 5x4. 



[luxoviensis, Mont. P. ovoid then campan. striate, mealy then 

 naked and grey, disc tawny; g. distant; s. with spreading fibrils, 

 soon naked, white, springing from a spreading mycelium ; sp. 



[caducus, Harz. P. oval then cylindrical, striate, grey then 

 blackish brown, at first densely covered with white meal which 

 becomes grey; g. from a collar; s. greyish brown above, whitish 

 below; sp. 9 10x6 7. 



