Genus Coprinus. 1 4 1 
7 . Coprinus cyclodes, Fries, Epicr. p. 250- 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, striate, glabrous , bay, disc darker , 
1-5-2 cm. high; stem 4-5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, rather flexuous, 
white, base sheathed in a volva having a free, recurved margin ; gills 
white, then black. 
Gregarious ; on horse-dung. Italy, France, Hungary. 
8 . Coprinus equinus, Chelch., Mem. Phys. de Vars. p. 6 , t. 
xi, f. 11. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, greyish-white, disc darkest, covered 
with darker scurf and flecks , 3-15 mm. broad ; gills free ; spores 5-6 
and 4-5 fi ; stem 18-35 mm. long, glabrous, base rather swollen, and 
enclosed in a volva with a free margin, margin sometimes breaking 
away as a ring. 
On horse-dung. Poland. 
9 . Coprinus Trappenii, Oudem., Arch. Neerl. ii, p. 29. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, apex at first bearing fragments of 
the volva, then glabrous, 1-1-5 cm - across; gills purplish , then black; 
stem 1-1-5 cm. high, glabrous, base sheathed with a volva, white. 
Groiving on twigs . Netherlands, Holland. 
Distinguished by growing on fallen twigs. 
10 . Coprinus volvaeeo-minimus, Crossl., Grev. Vol. xxi, 
p. 69. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, striate, grey, disc darker, sprinkled 
with white squamules , 4-5 mm. across ; gills slightly adnexed ; spores 
6- 7/z; stem 2-2-5 cm - long, glabrous, hyaline, the bulbous base 
having a volva with a broad, persistent, free, spreading margin. 
On a manure-heap. England. 
Distinguished from C. Hendersonii by the distinct volva and 
smaller subglobose spores. May prove to be identical with C. bul- 
billosus , Pat. 
11 . Coprinus dilectus, Fries, Epicr. p. 250. 
Pileus cylindrical, then campanulate, finely striate, rosy-white, then 
pale tawny, floccose or mealy, 1-2 cm. broad ; gills free, reddish 
brown, then black ; stem 5-7 cm. long, whitish and sprinkled with 
red powder ; volva reduced to whitish spreading squamules at the base 
of the stem. • 
On scorched ground, in plant-pots, &c. Sweden, France. 
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