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343. Agaricus (Fsathyrella) crenatus. Lasch. in Fr. Hym. 
Fiur. 315. Cooke IUus. Sacc. Syll. v., 4595. 
Pileus membranaceous, hemispherical, sulcate, atomate, hygro- 
phanous (1-2| c.m. broad) ; margin crenate ; stem slightly curved, 
fragile, smooth, whitish, striate above and mealy (3-4 c.m. long, 
2-3 m.m. thick) ; gills adnate, somewhat ventricose, from yellowish 
brown becoming black. Spores 14-15 p long. 
On grassy ground. Lake Bonney. 
344. Agaricus (Psathyrella) disseminatus. Fr. Hym. Em. 
316. Cooke Ulus. t. 657 b. Sacc. Syll. v., 4597. 
Pileus membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, fur/uraceous, then 
naked, sulcato-plicate, entire, discoloured (8 m.m. broad) ; stem 
lax, subflexuose, fragile, at first mealy, then smooth (2£ c.m. 
long) ; gills adnate, broadly linear, whitish cinereous, then black. 
Spores 6-10 x 3-5 p. 
About trunks of trees, and on the ground. Victoria. Queens- 
land. W. Australia. Tasmania. 
Genus 2. COPRINUS. Fr. Epicr. p. 241. 
Hymenophore distinct from the stem, gills membranaceous, at 
first crowded, coherent, scissile, at length deliquescing into a black 
fluid, trama none. Spores even, black. 
Tribe 1. Pelliculosi. Cuticle fleshy, or membranaceous. 
345. Coprinus comatus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 320. Cooke lllus. 
t. 658. Sacc. Syll. 4374. 
Pileus rather fleshy, cylindrical, then expanded (8-10 c.m. high, 
5 c.m. broad), even, soon torn into broad, adpressed, scattered 
scales; stem hollow, fibrillose, bulb solid, rooting (14 c.m. long, 
c.m. thick) ; ring moveable; gills free, linear, white, then 
purplish, at length black. Spores 14x8 p. 
Sides of roads, pastures. Esculent. Victoria. 
346. Coprinus picaceus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 323. Cooke lllus. 
t. 665. Sacc. Syll. 4394. 
Pileus membranaceous, ovato-campanulate, striate (6 c.m. high), 
variegated with broad, white, superficial scales; stem hollow (16 c.m. 
long, 1-1| c.m. thick), bulbous, not rooting, fragile, smooth ; gills 
free, ventricose, cinereous-black. Spores 13-14x8-9 p. 
On roadsides, etc. Queensland. 
347. Coprinus fimetarius. Fr. Hym. Eur. 324. Sacc. Syll. 
4404. 
Pileus submembranaceous, clavate, then conical, soon torn and 
revolute, at first rough with white floccose scales, then naked, 
longitudinally rimoso-sulcate, even at the apex ; stem squamulose, 
thickened at the base, solid ; gills free, lanceolate, then linear and 
flexuose, black. Spores 12x6 p. 
On dung heaps. Queensland. 
