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  a 
  plain 
  and 
  easy 
  account 
  

  

  The 
  next 
  sub-genus, 
  Psilocybe, 
  is 
  sometimes 
  without 
  

   a 
  veil, 
  avid 
  when 
  present 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  ring, 
  

   which 
  also 
  characterizes 
  the 
  succeeding 
  sub-genus, 
  from 
  

   which 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  pileus 
  having 
  its 
  

   margin 
  at 
  first 
  curved 
  inwards 
  ; 
  whilst 
  in 
  Psathyra 
  

   the 
  margin 
  is 
  at 
  first 
  straight. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  series 
  of 
  true 
  Agarics, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  spores 
  

   are 
  black 
  (Copri?iarii), 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  with 
  but 
  two 
  

   sub-genera, 
  Panwolus 
  and 
  Psathyrella. 
  In 
  the 
  former 
  

   the 
  veil 
  is 
  interwoven, 
  the 
  pileus 
  is 
  inclined 
  to 
  be 
  

   fleshy, 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  gills. 
  

   In 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  veil 
  is 
  not 
  interwoven, 
  and 
  the 
  pileus 
  

   is 
  thin, 
  with 
  its 
  margin 
  not 
  extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  gills. 
  

   The 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  sub-genus 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  dung, 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  under 
  hedges. 
  They 
  are 
  all 
  so 
  small, 
  

   that 
  no 
  one 
  would 
  think 
  of 
  committing 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

   charge 
  of 
  the 
  cook 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  experiment. 
  

  

  PSEUDO-AGARICS. 
  

  

  Closely 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  sub-genus 
  of 
  the 
  

   genus 
  Agaricus, 
  and 
  agreeing 
  therewith 
  in 
  some 
  points, 
  

   is 
  the 
  genus 
  Coprinas, 
  which 
  differs 
  mainly 
  in 
  the 
  

   deliquescent 
  character 
  of 
  its 
  membrane-like 
  gills. 
  The 
  

   spores 
  are 
  black, 
  as 
  in 
  Coprinarius 
  ; 
  therefore 
  it 
  is 
  

   to 
  the 
  melting 
  or 
  deliquescing 
  gills 
  that 
  the 
  attention 
  

   must 
  be 
  directed. 
  

  

  In 
  almost 
  every 
  rich 
  pasture, 
  and 
  often 
  in 
  gardens, 
  

   we 
  meet, 
  during 
  the 
  autumn, 
  with 
  the 
  Maned 
  Agaric 
  

   (Coprlnus 
  rov/attii), 
  commanding 
  attention 
  by 
  its 
  

  

  