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Genus Coprimes. 
105 . Coprinus stereorarius, Fries, Epicr. p. U 5 1 - 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, margin striate, d°rsely covered with 
white glistening meal , 2-5-3 cm - high and broad; gills adnexed ; 
spores 14-15x8 n ; stem 7-12 cm long, white, minutely mealy at 
first , hollow. 
On dung, manured ground, &c. Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Ger- 
many, France, Finland, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Victoria, 
Queensland, Tasmania, New Zealand, United States. 
Superficially resembles C. niveus, but the latter has the pileus 
covered with white, floccose down, not meal, and is altogether 
smaller. 
C. albus, QuH., differs in having the disc more or less yellow, pileus 
sulcate, as is also the upper part of the stem. 
106 . Coprinus radians, Fries, Epicr. p. 248. (Figs. 6-8.) 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, glistening with micaceous particles, 
margin striate, disc gra?iuloso-squamulose, tawny ochre, becoming pale, 
2- 5-5 cm. across; gills slightly adnexed; spores 7x4 n; stem 
3- 5 cm. long, white, smooth, hollow, base with dense , radiating strands 
of mycelium. 
On damp plastered walls. Britain, France, Sweden, Belgium, 
Finland. 
Stem incurved from growing on a vertical surface, pileus becoming 
discoid. 
107. Coprinus truncorum, Fries, Epicr. p. 248 . 
Pileus globose at first , then campanulate, densely covered with 
micaceous meal, soon naked, then tawny ochraceous, striate, not 
becoming sulcate , 2-4 cm. across ; gills free , rosy, then black ; spores 
12-14 x 6 Mi stem 7-10 cm. 1 mg, slender, white, glabrous, hollow. 
On rotten willows, &c. Sweden, Britain, Holland, Germany, France, 
Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Cape of Good Hope, Australia. 
Allied to C. micaceus , but distinguished by the pileus being globose 
at first, never sulcate, and the free rosy gills. 
108 . Coprinus inamoenus, Karst., Grevillea, Vol. vii, p. 63. 
Foetid . Pileus subcylindrical, then expanded, blackish, densely 
covered with white micaceous scurf, even, 2-5 cm. broad; gills 
