Melanosporae 



COPRINUS MACROSPORUS. 



Enlarged one-third. 



glabrous, white, with traces of an annulus (ring) near the thickened or Coprinus. 

 subbulbous base. 



Spores very large, elliptical, 20 

 20.5 long, 12-16/4 broad. (Plate CIV.) 



Plant cespitose, 2-3 in. high. Pi- 

 leus 1-2 in. broad. Stem I line 

 thick. 



Ground in open fields. Ticonder- 

 oga. August. 



The prominent characters of this 

 species are the cracked pileus, squam- 

 ose disk, free lamellae and large 

 spores. In its early state it resembles 

 some species of Lepiota. It seems 

 to be intermediate between the sec- 

 tions Atramentarii and Micacei. Peck, 

 3istRep. N. Y. State Bot. 



Found in quantity at Mt. Gretna, 

 Pa. August to September, 1898, 

 growing among old stable bedding 

 on parade ground. 



C. macrosporus is an excellent species, higher in flavor than any other 

 Coprinus. 



***Pica'cei. Universal downy veil, etc. 



C. pica'ceus (Bull.) Fr. Pileus 2-2^ in. across, membranaceous, 

 ovato-bell-shaped, striate up to the disk, smoky-black, variegated with 

 large, irregular, superficial white patches. Gills free, % in. or more 

 broad, ventricose, grayish-black. Stem 5-6 in. long, base bulbous, 

 abrupt, otherwise equal, %% in. thick, white, hollow, fragile, smooth. 

 Spores elliptical, apiculate, 14x8/4; cystidia large, numerous. Massee. 



Decaying trunks or branches of trees in woods. Lyndonville. June. 

 Fairman. 



The form here referred to this species differs somewhat from the 

 description of the type in being smaller, in having no bulb to the stem 

 and in having smaller spores. It is probably the "smaller variety 

 growing on rotten wood" noticed by Stevenson in his British Fungi. I 



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