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43 . Coprinus aphthosus, Fries, Epicr. p. 245. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, even , livid , at first involved in 
a continuous white veil, which becomes broken up into superficial, 
floccose patches, about 2-5 cm. high and broad ; gills adncite, spores 
15-16 x 10 j a; stem about 5 cm. long, white, fibrillose , hollow , soft 
often twisted. 
In hollow trunks. Britain, Sweden, France. 
Growing in small clusters. Differs from C. various in the hollow,, 
soft stem. 
44 . Coprinus phaeosporus, Karst., Symb. Myc. Fenn. viii, 
p. 9, and ix, p. 48. 
Pileus conico-cylindrical, then flattened, everywhere delicately striate , 
at first enclosed in a rufescent, floccose veil which breaks up into 
patches, soon naked and then white, about 2 cm. high ; gills adnexed ; 
spores 9-15 x 4-9 ; stem 3-12 cm. long, glabrous , white, hollow. 
On rich ground at roots of decaying grass. Finland. 
Densely caespitose. Distinguished from C. albus, Qu 61 ., by the 
pileus not being flocculosely mealy and the glabrous stem. 
45. Coprinus picaeeus, Fries, Epicr. p. 244 . 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, glutinous , striate up to the disc , 
blackish, at first involved in a white felty layer which becomes broken 
up into patches as the pileus expands, 4-7 cm. across ; gills free ; 
spores 1 4 X 8 ju ; stem 10-15 cm. long, white, smooth, hollow, base 
swollen. 
On the ground. Britain, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, 
Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Queensland, Ecuador, United 
States. 
Distinguished by the black pileus having felt-like white patches 
scattered irregularly over its surface. 
45*. Coprinus ebulbosus, Peck, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 
Vol. xxii, p. 491. 
Pileus thin, campanulate, variegated by the cuticle breaking into 
broad, superficial, persistent, whitish scales, the surface beneath the 
