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21 . Coprinus bulbillosus, Pat., Tab. Anal. Fung., p. 60, 
fig. 658. 
Pileus convex with the margin striate and incurved, then expanding, 
grey with the disc tinged yellow, covered with white meal , 8-10 mm 
across ; gills grey ; spores oval, 8-9 x 6-7 fx ; stem 2-3 cm. long, 
slender, white, base bulbous , ring loose, central on the stem. 
On horse-dung. France. 
Differs from C. Hendersonii in the bulbous stem. C. ephemeroides 
differs in the squamulose pileus and strigose bulb. See note under 
C. volvaceo-minimus. 
22. Coprinus ephemeroides, PTies, Epicr. p. 250. 
Pileus cylindric-ovate, then campanulate, plicato-sulcate , whitish or 
livid, disc tinged yellow, sprinkled with superficial flecks , up to 1 cm. 
high and broad ; gills free, distant from the stem ; spores elliptical, 
11-12 x 6-7 /X ; stem 2-4 cm. long, whitish, with a free ring usually 
placed some distance up the stem, base with a pilose bulb. 
On dung. France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Finland. 
Variable in size, but always small and delicate. 
Var. muscorum (= Coprinus muscorum , Karsten, Hattsvamp. 1, 
P- 531- 
Spores ovoid, 7-9 x 6-8, fuscous. 
Among dead moss. Finland. 
23. Coprinus torquatus, Mont., Cent, vii, no. 29 . 
Pileus very delicate, soon plane, centre slightly depressed , pellucid , 
striate up to the even, livid disc, pale grey ; gills free and distant from 
the stem, very narrow ; stem long, slender, base bulbous, ring funnel- 
shaped^ entire , whitish. 
Solitary. On the ground in damp, shady spots. Brazil. 
24. Coprinus scauroides, Godey, in Gillets’ Champ. France, 
Hymen, p. 609. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, striate, floccosely squamulose , white , 
then purplish , soon black with the disc yellowish ; gills free, purplish, 
then black ; spores ovate, black ; stem silvery-white, with a marginaie 
bulb and a ring. 
On manured ground. France. 
25 . Coprinus Bresadolae, Schulz., Hedw. 1885, p. 136. 
Pileus subcylindrical, greyish white , apex tinged brown , 1 7 mm. high 
