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FIG. 200. THE GLITTERING TOADSTOOL (Coprinus micaceus). 



All the Coprini are very fragile fungi, rapidly melting soon after they come to maturity. Their black spores are 



distributed in the form of ink. The Glittering Toadstool is so called because it is sprinkled with minute specks which 



reflect the light, and look as though the cap had been dusted with powdered mica. 



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