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var. macrorhizus. Pers. Syn. 398. Cooke Illus. t. 670. 
Pileus squamose ; stem shorter, rather marginately bulbous, 
rooting, villous. Spores 12-14 x 9 /a. 
Lake Bonney. 
348. Coprinus tomentosus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 325. Cooke 
Illus. t. 672 a. Sacc. Syll. 4406. 
Pileus submembranaceous, cylindrical , then conical, striate, floc- 
coso-tomentose, then logitudinally cracked (3-4 c.m. high, 2 c.m. 
broad) ; stem hollow, rather short (5-8 c.m. long, 5-7 m.m. 
thick), equal, velvety ; gills free, linear, brownish, then black. 
Spores 18 X 9 p. 
On dung and in rich pastures. Queensland. 
348 bis. Coprinus niveus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 325. Cooke Illus. 
t. 672 b. 
Pileus submembranaceous, oval, then campanulate and ex- 
panded, floccoso- squamulose, almost persistently clad with dense 
white down, stem fistnlose, equal, villous, white ; gills subadnate, 
narrow, blackish. Spores 16 x 12 p. 
On horse dung. Victoria. 
349. Coprinus micaceus. Fr. Hym. Fur. 325. Cooke 
Illus. t. 673. Sacc. Syll. 4416. 
Pileus submembranaceous, oval, then campanulate (2-4 c.m. 
broad), subrepand, striate, discoid, sprinkled with fugacious, 
micaceous granules, at length naked, rimoso-sulcate ; stem hollow, 
silky, even, whitish (8-10 c.m. long, 5 m.m. thick), gills adnexed, 
lanceolate, whitish, brown to the middle, then turning black. 
Spores 8xS/i. 
About old stumps. Victoria. S. Australia. 
350. Coprinus truucorum. Schcef. Fr. Hym. Fur. 326. 
Sacc. Syll. v., 4420. 
Pileus membranaceous, globose, then campanulate, at first 
densely micaceous, then striate and torn, deliquescent (3 c.m. 
broad and high), disc even; stem fistulose, smooth (8-11 c.m. 
long), gills free, approximate, linear, rosy, then black. Spores 
10-14x5-6 p. 
On wood. Queensland. 
351. Coprinus deliquescens. Bull. Champ, t. 558, /. 1. Fr. 
Hym. Fur. 327. Cooke Illus. t. 678. Sacc. Syll. 4429. 
Pileus submembranaceous, ovato-campanulate, then expanded 
(8-11 c.m. broad, 4-5 c.m. high), subrepand, broadly striate, 
smooth, top studded with innate papillae, stem hollow, corticate , 
smooth (11 c.m. long, 4-8 m.m. thick), at length remote, linear, 
lurid black. Spores 12x8 p. 
On old stumps. Queensland. 
