Genus Coprinus . 1 5 7 
67 . Coprinus macropus, B. & Br., Linn. Soc. Journ. (Bot.), 
Vol. xi, p. 560. (Fig. 41). 
Pileus conical, then campanulate, finely striate, brown , at first 
covered with evanescent , white flecks , 6-8 cm. across ; gills adnexed, 
brown; stem up to 15 cm. long, equal , white, glabrous, rather rooting , 
hollow. 
On the ground. Ceylon. 
68 . Coprinus virgineus, Peck & Banning, 44 th Rep. N. 
York State Mus. p. 71. 
Pileus ovate, campanulate or cylindrical, pale ochre, margin thin, 
torn, floccose; gills adnexed , forked-, spores black; stem 8-9 cm, 
long, stout, flattened, floccose, stuffed . 
Caespitose or gregarious at the roots of trees or about old stumps. 
United States. 
68 *. Coprinus gigasporus, Massee (sp. nov.) (Figs. 3-5*) 
Pileus elliptical, then campanulate, finally upturned, flesh thin, 
entirely black, at first with a sprinkling of white squamules, finely 
striate up to the disc, 5-6 cm. high ; gills free, rather distant from 
the stem, black; spores elliptical, ends obtuse, black, 28-30 x 14-16 p; 
stem 12-17 cm - long, snow-white, equal, hollow. 
On dung. Brisbane, Queensland (Bailey, No. 692). 
This specimen was referred by Dr. Cooke to Coprinus picaceus, 
from which it differs in the nature of the veil, free gills, distant from 
the stem, and gigantic spores, which are the largest produced by any 
member of the Agaricineae. 
69. Coprinus nycthemerus, Fries, Epicr. p. *51- 
Pileus conico-cylindrical, then expanded , plicate, ribs forked at the 
margin , floccosely mealy, then naked, grey, disc tawny, 1-5-2 cm. 
broad; gills free; stem 5-7 cm. long, whit e, glabrous, flaccid, hollow. 
Subcaespitose ; on dung and manured ground. Britain, France, 
Sweden, Hungary, Switzerland, United States. 
70 . Coprinus gonophyllus, Quel., 14th Suppl. Jur. et Vosg., 
Ann. Sci. Nat. Bord. 1884, pi. 1, f. 2. 
Pileus hemispherical, striate, blackish grey, shining, veil caducous, 
floccose, whitish, about 1-5 cm. broad; gills free, triangular, margin 
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