158 Masses. — A Revision of the 
serrate ; spores lemon-shaped, 10 /x long; stem about 3 cm. long, 
glabrous, slightly striate , white. 
Ground in coal-yards. France. 
71 . Coprinus subglobatus, Berk. & Curt., Proc. Amer. 
Acad. Arts. & Sci. 1858, p. 118. 
Pileus hemispherical , then expanding, almost even, pale brown, 
covered with a thick, whitish, downy veil, about 4-5 cm. across; gills 
free, broad, white, then dusky purple ; spores elliptical, 7-8 /x long ; 
stem white, equal, slightly curved, hollow, smooth, 6-8 cm. high. 
On banks. California. 
Distinguished among allies by the subglobose form of the pileus 
when young, and the thick veil. 
72 . Coprinus rubeeula, B. & Br., Linn. Soc. Journ. Vol. xi, 
p. 560. (Fig. 40.) 
Pileus broadly ovate , then campanulate, white, with a grey tinge, 
covered with acute chestnut- coloured scales when young , the margin 
becoming naked, very slightly striate, about 1-5 cm. high and wide; 
gills free; stem 2-3 cm. high, white, smooth, hollow. 
On decaying vegetable matter. Ceylon. 
73 . Coprinus areuatus, Peck, 46th Rep. N. York State 
Mus. p. 27. 
Pileus broadly ovate or subhemispherical , soon convex or campanu- 
late, margin striate, white or greyish, darker with age, with small, 
white tomentose scales, 2-5-5 cm. broad; gills broad , free; spores 
7-5-9 X 5-5-7 -5 jn; stem 2-5-5 cm - long, equal, white, glabrous, 
hollow. 
Solitary or gregarious; on sandy soil recently overrun by fire. 
United States. 
The mycelium binds the sand together into a globular mass. 
Scales of pileus easily separable, and soon disappear. Cystidia 
numerous, long. 
74 . Coprinus Spraguei, Berk. & Curt., Ann. Nat. Hist., Oct. 
1859, p. 292. 
Pileus conical, then campanulate, tomentose, greyish, disc tawny, 
striate, up to 2 cm. across; gills fr ee,fezv and distant ; spores ellip- 
