632 258. Prunul. 11. HYMENOTHECEZ: Pl.cell.aph. 
8. Prunulus Boltonii. Bolton’s prune-stool. 
Thallus weak; stem rather thickish at bottom; collar 
vanishing; cap hemispherical, bossed, pale-yellow. 
a Agaricus flavidus, Bolt. Fung. 149; Sowerby Fungi, 96; Persoon Syn. 
4, 
In meadows, and on cow-dung. 
9. Prunulus titubans. Tottering prune-stool. 
Thallus small, shining, brittle; stem yellowish; cap bell- 
shape, streaked, viscous, rather pale; centre yellow; gills 
distinct, pink. 
Agaricus titubans, Sowerby Fung. 123; Persoon Syn, 415. 
On horsedung. 
10. Prunulus extinctorius. Extinguisher prune-stool, 
Stem rather bulbous, awlshape; cap bellshaped, whitish, 
torn; gills brownish or snow-white. 
Agaricus extinctorius, Bolt. Fung. 24; Persoon Syn, AIT. 
In sandy ground. 
XVII. 259. COPRINUS. Persoon. Dung-stool. 
Stem naked, sometimes collared; cap thin, brittle, mem- 
branaceous, vanishing : gills unequal, growing watery, 
black; sporidia in fours.— Poisonous. 
a. Cap slightly fleshy ; gills at last dark grey, spotted 
or cloudy. 
1. Coprinus semiglobatus. Hemispherical dung-stool. 
Stem long, collared;.cap fleshy, hemispherical, rather 
glutinous, yellowish; gi//s very broad, horizontal, clouded, 
black. 
Agaricus glutinosus, Curtis Lond. 69. 
Agaricas semiglobatus, Sowerby Fungi, 248; Persoon Syn. 407. 
Agaricus virosus, Sowerby Fungi, 480 and 481. 
In meadows, pastures, and on dung. 
Poisonous, and has caused several fatal accidents by / 
having been mistaken for champignons, gen. 246, sp.17. A 
2. Coprinus semiovatus. Half-egg dung-stool. 
Stem long; collar small; cap bellshape, glutinous, yel- 
lowish; gills ascending, blackish-grey, clouded. 
Agaricus semiovatus, Sowerby Fungi, 131; Persoon Syn. 408. 
Agaricus fimiputris, Bull, Herb. 66. 
On cowdung. 
