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Coprinus lagopus. Pr. 



Pileiis 1-2 in. across, very thin, cylindrical, tlien campanu- 

 late, covered -with white floocnlent down, becoming glabrous, 

 striato-sulcate up to the umbo, at length splitting and more 

 or less revolute, whitish or greyish, disc brownish; gills 

 free, at length distant from the stem, narrow, becoming 

 black ; stem elongated, usually equally attenuated upwards, 

 white, every part clothed with white floccose down, hollow, 

 very fragile ; spores 14-16 x 10-12 /i. 



Coprinus lagopus, Fries, Epicr., p. 250 ; Saunders and Smith, 

 t. 19 ; Cke., Hdbk., pi. 231 ; Cke., lUustr., pi. 681. 



On rotten wood, dung, &c. 



Fries distinguishes two forms. A, nemorum, stem slender, 

 4r-6 in. long. B, viai-um, stem 2-3 in. long, pileus broader, 

 livid. Both forms are inodorous. The pileus of the long- 

 stemmed form is sometimes entirely clear brown, at others 

 greyish with a brownish disc. Stem very weak, 5 in. and 

 more in length, 1 line thick, attenuated at both ends. Pileus 

 thin, campanulato-expanded, about 1 in. across, when young 

 elegantly flocculose, then furrowed, disc livid. Gills rather 

 distant. (Fries.) 



Coprinus narcoticus. Fr. (fig. 6, p. 303.) 



Pileus ^— f in. across, foetid, very thin, cylindric-clavate, 

 then expanded, at length revolute, covered at first with 

 white, recurved, floccose scales, then naked, greyish-white, 

 hyaline, striate ; gills free but very close to the stem, white, 

 then becoming blackish; stem l^— 2 in. long, about 1 line 

 thick, fragile, at first covered with white down, then almost 

 glabrous, hollow; spores elliptical, 11 X 5-6 /j,. 



Coprinus narcoticus. Fries, Epicr., p. 250 ; Cke., Hdbk., p. 

 231 ; Cke., niustr. pi. 680 b. 



Agaricus narcoticus, Batsch, f. 77. 



On dung. Oaespitose. Smell very strong and disagree- 

 able, described by Fries as alkaline-narcotic, and in this 

 peculiarity is distinct from all other species. The stem is 

 sometimes straight, at others flexuous. 



Smell very strong, otherwise difficult to distinguish from 

 Coprinus niveus. Stem about 2 in. long, equal, ' subulate,' at 

 length glabrous. Pileus when young conico-cylindrical, be- 



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