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Massee. — A Revision of the 
broadly elliptical to subglobose, minutely apiculate, 8-10 fx) stem 
2-5-3 cm - high? slender, pale purple-brown , pulverulent. 
On the stem of a Musa. Tahiti. 
34 . Coprinus fibrillosus, B. & Br., Linn. Soc. Bot. Journ. 
Vol. xi, p. 560. 
Pileus ovate, even, grey with persistent fibrillose, darker scales, 
about 1 cm. across ; gills adnexed, fuscous ; spores elliptical, 5-6 n 
long ; stem 2-3 cm. high, curved, slightly floccose , white. 
On the ground. Ceylon. 
35 . Coprinus cylindricus, Fries, Epicr. p. 244. 
Pileus cylindrical , then expanded, rimosely striate, with a few scattered, 
adpressed squamules, 8-12 cm. across when expanded, whitish brown ; 
gills free, rather narrow; stem 15-21 cm. long, equal , fibrillose. 
On the ground near trunks. Germany, Sweden. 
36 . Coprinus Mayrii, Allesch., Sued-bayr. Pilze, p. 102. 
Pileus campanulate, then expanded, white, rather coarsely striate, 
with small yellow-brown squamules near the margin , disc sparingly 
scaly, 6-8 cm. high ; gills free, broad, lanceolate ; spores 6-7 x 3-4 /x ; 
stem 6-8 cm. high, white, striate , base globose, marginate, hollow to 
the swollen base. 
Solitary. On trunks and rotten wood. Bavaria. 
Allied to C. atramentarius. 
37 . Coprinus saatiensis, Henn., Engler’s Bot. Jahrb., Vol. 
xiv, p. 352. 
Pileus fleshy, at first cylindric-ovate, covered with imbricated , con- 
centric , white lacerated scales ; then expanding, sooty black, variegated 
with scattered, broad white scales, 5 cm. diameter ; gills free ; spores 
19-23x10-12 /x; stem 8 cm. long, 1 cm. thick, cylindrical, base 
bulbous, whitish, then tinged fuscous , hollow. 
On the ground. Abyssinia. 
38 . Coprinus punctatus, Kalchbr. & Cooke, Grev. Vol. ix, 
p. 18. (Figs. 35-36.) 
Pileus cylindrical, then companulate, 2-5~3-5 cm. broad, brownish, 
margin striate, apex depressed and squamulose , remainder punctate 
with minute black squamules and vaguely cracked ; gills free, narrowed 
