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are first white, then pink, and lastly a blackish- 

 brown. It grows under trees, and is found in 

 summer and autumn. 



COPRINUS ATRAMENTARIUS = ink. 

 Ite Inky Coprinus. 



Cap gray or grayish-brown, smooth, except 

 a slight scaly appearance on the disc. It is 

 silky near the margin, and the margin is ir- 

 regular. When young it is often egg-shaped. 

 Gills crowded, whitish, soon becoming brown 

 and then deliquescent. Stem smooth, hollow, 

 white. It grows in clusters until late in the 

 autumn. We found our plants on a lawn in 

 great profusion in the month of October. 



PLUTEUS CERVINUS = a deer. 

 The Fawn-colored Pluteus. 



Cap about 3 inches broad, whitish-gray 

 color, at first bell-shaped, then expanded, 

 smooth, even, but afterward broken up into 

 fibrils, margin entire ; flesh soft, white. Stem 

 3 to 6 inches long, nearly equal and solid, whit- 

 ish, striate with black fibrils. Gills rounded 

 behind, free, crowded, ventricose, white, then 

 flesh color as the spores mature. This is a com- 

 mon species, appearing early in the season — 



