Coprinus AGARICACE^E 207 



941. C. papillatus Fr. (from the minute umbo on the pileus ; papilla, 



a teat) a b. 

 P. campanulato-flat, then revolute ; urn. prominent, ochreous- 



umber; mid. darker. St. smooth, flocculose below, whitish. 



G. ventricose, blackish. 

 On the ground, amongst grass, dung. June. x ij X ^ in. Less 



fugacious than other Coprini. Var. oxygena Fr., whitish or greyish. 



P. and St. sparingly flocculose. 



/. Glabrata. 



942. C. alternates Fr. (from the striae of the pileus, alternately 



broad and narrow) a c. 

 P. hemispherical, whitish ; mid. umber, sometimes pale. St. 



whitish. G. adnate, narrow, purple-black to black. 

 Subcaespitose. On the ground, if X 4^ X $% in. 



943. C. deliqueseens Fr. (from the dissolving gills; deliquesce^ to 



dissolve) a c. 



P. campanulato-expanded, grey or livid; marg. granuloso- 

 punctate, faintly ochreous. St. shining white. G. free, slate 

 to blackish. 



Subcsespitose. Stumps, amongst fallen leaves, thatch; frequent. Aug.- 

 Sept. 2f x 4 X fk in. 



944. C. tardus Karst. (from its sometimes late appearance ; tardus, 



slow, late) a b. 



P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, bright brown to pale ochreous- 

 tan. St. thinly pruinose, shining white, minutely striate above, 

 woolly below. G. adnexed, brown to shining black. 



Densely csespitose. Odour ncne. On the ground. Oct. 2$ x 6 x ^ in. 

 Brittle, hygrophanous. 



945. C. digitalis Fr. (from the finger-like young state; digitus, a 



finger) a. 



P. conico-hemispherical, faint ochre ; mid. sienna, then yellowish- 

 grey or olive tinted. St. faint ochreous-white. G. adnexed, 

 blackish. 



Tufted. On the ground, woody places. Autumn, i X 4| X & in. 



946. C. eongregatus Fr. (from the densely caespitose habit), a b c. 

 P. campanulato-expanded, viscid, ochreous ; mid. sienna. St. 



faintly ochreous-white. G. adnexo-free, linear, black. 

 On the ground by roadsides, hothouses. Oct.-Nov. I X if X & in. 



VELIFORMES. 

 g. Cyclodea. 



946a. C. dileetus Fr. (from its beauty ; dilectus, beloved) a b. 



P. cylindrical, then campanulate, obtuse, floccose or mealy, rosy- 

 white, then pale, tawny ; marg. finely striate, at length splitting 

 and becoming revolute and naked. St. hollow, whitish, 



