632 258. Prunul. 11. HYMENOTHECEiE. PLcell apli. ‘ 
8. Prunulus Boltonii. Boltov? s prune-stool. 
Thallus weak; stem rather thickish at bottom; collar 
^vanishing; cap hemispherical, bossed, pale-yellow. 
Agaricus flavidus, Bolt . Fung. 149; Sowerby Fungi f 96; Persoon Syn . 
414. 
In meadows, and on cow-dung. 
9. Prunulus titulans. Tottering prune-stool. 
Thallus small, shining, brittle ; stem yellowish ; cap bell- 
shape, streaked, viscous, rather pale; centre yellow; gills 
distinct, pink. 
Agaricus tituhans, 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. 417. 
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 semiglohatus. Hemispherical dung-stool. 
Stem long, collared; cap fleshy, hemispherical, rather 
glutinous, yellowish ; gills very broad, horizontal, clouded, 
black. 
Agaricus glutinosus, Curtis Land. 69. 
Agaricus 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. 
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. 
