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2. CoPRiisrus TOMENTOsus Ft. 



Pileus very tliin, at first oblong-oval and floccose-scaly, 

 soon camj)aniilate, naked, closely striate, cinereous-brown 

 or blackish-brown, often with a leaden hue, finally expan- 

 ded, the disk smooth, reddish or ochraceous- brown, the mar- 

 gin revolute and much split or lacerated ; lamellae closely 

 crow^ded, linear, free, white, then pinkish, finally black ; stipe 

 white, tall, fragile, tapering upward, finely floccose-sqamulose, 

 hollow, sometimes wdtli a large tap root ; plant gregarious or 

 csespitose. 



Height 3-6', breadth of pileus 6"- 18". 



Dung heaps. West Albany and Sandlake. June and 

 July. 



\ ery variable in size and color. The covering of the pileus 

 is easil}^ rubbed off. It soon disappears, and tlie plant quickly 

 decays, seldom continuing through the day. 



3. CoPRiisrus NIVEUS Fr. 



Pileus thin, at first long ovate, then campanulate or expanded, 

 coated with a dense white mealy or floccose-squamulose persist- 

 ent covering, slightly tinged with pink, the margin somewhat 

 revolute and splitting ; lamellae narrow, crowded, attached, 

 white, then pinkish, finally black ; stipe white, nearly equal, 

 fragile, hollow, with a white villous-floccose covering. 



Height 3-5', breadth of pileus 8"- 15". 



Dung heaps. West Albany. June. 



*4. CoPRiisrus MicACEus Ft. 



Pileus thin, ovate, then campanulate, with the margin more 

 or less revolute, wavy, splitting, closely striate, with a few^ 

 minute scales and sparkling atoms, or iiaked, varying in color 

 from whitish-ochraceous to livid brown, generally darker when 

 moist or old ; lamellae rather narroAv, crowded, white, then 

 pinkish, finally black ; stipe slender, fragile, easily splitting, 

 slightly silky, white, hollow, often twisted ; plant mostly 

 caespitose. 



Height 2-4', breadth of pileus l"-2". 



Streets, yards and fields, on or about old stumps. May - 

 September, 



*5. COPRINUS PLICATILIS Fr. 



Pileus very thin and delicate, soon expanded, distantly sul- 

 cate-striate, grayish -brown, tinged with red, the disk smooth, 

 depressed, the margin splitt ng ; lamelhr nannnv. distant. 



