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29 . Coprinus Barbeyi, Kalchb., Rev. Mycol. Vol. iii, n. 90, 
p. 24, tab. 15, f. I (1881). 
Pileus sub-hemispherical, then expanded, covered with large , persis- 
tent, imbricated , pale tawny scales , 2-5-5 cm, broad; gills uncinately 
adnate; spores 13-20 /x long; stem about 5 cm. high, hollow, white 
with a tawny tinge, ending in a dilated disc , below which the mycelium 
collects the sand and forms an inverted cone. 
On camel’s dung in sandy desert. Egypt. 
This species appears to be identical with C. imhricatus, Rab. 
30 . Coprinus tergiversans, Fries, Epicr. p. 247. 
Pileus conical, then expanded, silky, soon grooved, cracked up into 
minute squamules, rusty brown, disc darker, even, 6-12 cm. broad 
and high; gills broadly adnate ; spores 10 x 4 ; stem white, equal, 
glabrous, apex sulcate , 10-14 cm. long. 
Caespitose ; in rich meadows. Sweden, France, Germany, Holland, 
Belgium. 
Allied to C. micaceus, but the pileus is rather more fleshy, darker 
in colour, and not micaceous, but covered with minute, wart-like 
squamules. 
31 . Coprinus Lerchenfeldii, Schulz., Verhandl. Hermann. 
1884, 1. 1, f. 3. 
Pileus hemispherical, apex elevated, brownish grey, margin undu- 
lated, fimbriate, silvery grey, then violet, 5-7-5 cm. broad; gills violet, 
shining; stem 12-15 cm - long, fibrillose, or squamulose. 
In gardens. Austria. 
32 . Coprinus pauci-lamellatus , Pat., Journ. Botanique, 
1889, p. 165. 
Pileus thin, campanulato-convex, apex obtuse and squamose, yellow- 
ish, remainder white ; margin entire, even ; gills few in number (20-25), 
very distant ; spores lemon-shaped, 15-20 x 10-12 fx; stem 10-12 cm. 
long, 5 mm. thick, cylindrical, white, striate the entire length . 
On dung. Venezuela. 
33 . Coprinus musieola, Berk., Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 
Vol. i, p. 453. 
Pileus companulate, pale purple-brown , surface broken up into 
squamules, about 1-5 cm. high and broad; gills adnexed ; spores 
