Coprinus 



AGARICACE^E 



2OI 



whitish. G. adnato-ascending, dull brownish-purple to 

 blackish. 

 Amongst grass, amongst beech leaves with 1973. Nov. i x 2^ x & in. 



920. P. disseminata Quel (from the scattered habit ; dissemino^ to 



scatter) a b c. 



P. scurfy, then smooth, whitish or pale umber, then purple-grey 

 and ashy; mid. grey-umber. St. subscurfy, then smooth, 

 whitish. G. adnato-ascending, blackish. 



Densely crowded, gregarious, caespitose. About decayed stumps, poplar, 

 willow, piles, in hedgerows, on brick walls, heaps of weeds and rubbish, 

 etc. April-Nov. J x 2^ x & in. 



XLII. COPRINUS Pers. 

 (From the habitat ; Gr. kopros, dung.) 



Veil usually universal, floccose, furfuraceous or obsolete. Hymeno- 

 phore distinct from the stem. Pileus at first cylindrical or ovate, 



Fig. 51. A, Coprinus comatus Fr., entire and in section ; 

 B, C. radiatus Fr. ; c, C. domestics Fr. ; D, ditto in section. 

 One-third natural size. 



usually floccose or scurfy ; margin at first straight and adpressed to 

 the stem ; flesh thin to membranous. Stem central, hollow, usually 



