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and then black, from the margin upwards. They then 

 expand quickly, curl up in shreds, and deliquesce into a 

 black inky fluid which stains the ground. Stem of a 

 pure white, four to five .inches high, contracting at the 

 top, and bulbous at the base; hollow, fibrillose, stuffed 



Fig. 32. Coprinus comatus (Maned Mushroom). Pastures, parks, and 

 roadsides, summer and autumn; colour, snow-white; height, 5 to 12 

 inches. 



with a light cottony web The bulb is solid and rooting, 

 the ring is movable. 



This very elegant agaric has also been called Ag. cy- 

 lindricus, Schoesff ; Ag. typhoides, Bull ; and Ag.fimetarius, 

 Bolt. It is common throughout the summer and autumn 



