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113 . Coprinus stellaris, Quel., Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Vol. 
xxiv, p. 322, pi. 5, fig. 6. 
Pileus ovoid, then campanulate, striate, snow-white then greyish, 
crowned with minute pellucid vesicles , 1-2 mm. across ; gills adnate ; 
spores elliptical, about 8 fx long, stem 1-2 cm. long, filiform, hyaline, 
velvety with slender white hairs. 
On dung of man, fox, &c., in caves. France. 
114 . Coprinus coopertus, Fries, Epicr. p. 232. 
Pileus conico-campanulate, striate, lurid, yellowish grey when dry, 
densely covered with micaceous particles, up to 2-5 cm. across; gills 
adnate, broad ; stem 3-5 cm. long, pallid, apex with delicate white 
flecks. 
On dung. Sweden, France, Italy, Hungary. 
Somewhat caespitose ; very fragile. 
115 . Coprinus pseudo-plicatilis, Voglino, Rich. Anal, 
Agaric, p. 42, t. 50, f. 4. 
Pileus campanulate, umbonate, soon expanded and sulcate, yel- 
lowish grey, umbo yellowish , furfuraceous, 8-10 mm. broad; gills 
adnate; spores 6-8x3, obliquely elliptical; stem 2-5-4 cm. high, 
slender, woolly , white , thickened and floccose downwards. 
On wood in a hothouse. Italy. 
Springing from an Ozonium-like weft of ochraceous hyphae. Differs 
from C. plicatilis and C. sulcato-crenatus in the downy stem and 
absence of collar at apex of stem. 
116 . Coprinus aquatilis, Peck, 27th Rep. N. York State 
Mus. p. 96, pi. 1, figs. 26-28. 
Pileus campanulate, sulcate-plicate almost to the apex, scurfy, 
yellowish broivn , 1-5-2 cm. across; gills reaching the stem, brownish, 
then black; spores 13x8 /x; stem 5-7 cm. high, slender, equal, 
hollow, whitish , scurfy . 
On sticks or twigs partly submerged or lying in wet mossy places. 
United States. 
The young plant is more yellow than the mature one. The species 
is related to C. silvaticus. 
