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species. The cap is tan color, or 

 light buff, or yellowish brown. 

 Except near the center it is marked 

 with quite prominent striations 

 which radiate to the margin. 

 These striations are minute fur- 

 rows or depressed lines, and form 

 one of the characters of the species, 

 being much more prominent than 

 on the cap of the ink-cap. 



In wet weather this coprinus 

 melts down into an inky fluid also, 

 but in quite dry weather it remains 

 more or less firm, and sometimes it 

 does not deliquesce at all, but dries 

 with all parts well preserved, though 

 much shrunken of course, as is the case with all the very fleshy fungi. 



Fi(;uRE 43. Coprinus micaceus, young 

 stage showing annulus, on the cap 

 the "mica" particles (natural size). 



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Figure 44, Coprinus micaceus, plants natural size, from floor of coal 

 mine at Wilkesbarre. Caps tan color. Copyright. 



