Genus Coprinus. 175 
137. Coprinus congregatus, Fries, Epicr. p. 249 . 
Pileus cylindrical, then campanulate, margin slightly striate, glabrous, 
viscid , ochraceous , 1-5-2 cm. high ; gills slightly adnexed ; stem 2-3 cm. 
high, smooth, hollow, white. 
On the ground, also in hot-houses. Sweden, Britain, France, 
Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Finland, Hungary. 
Distinguished by the entirely ochraceous, glabrous, viscid pileus. 
Densely tufted. 
138 . Coprinus silvaticus, Peck, 24th Rep. N. York State 
Mus. p. 71, pi. 4, figs. 10-14. 
Pileus convex , striate half-way -up from the margin, dark brown, the 
furrows paler , 1-5-2 cm. across; gills attached to the stem, brownish; 
spores gibbous-ovate, 12-13 P long; stem 5 cm. high, fragile, hollow, 
smooth, slender, white. 
On the ground in woods. United States. 
Allied to C. plicatilis and C. ephemeris. 
139 . Coprinus alternatus, Fries, Epicr. p. 248. 
Pileus hemispherical, then discoid, even , quite glabrous, chalk-white , 
disc pale umber , 3 cm. broad; gills adnate ; spores 10x6-7 /u; stem 
whitish, smooth, hollow, 7-10 cm. long. 
In small clusters on the ground. Britain, Denmark. 
140 . Coprinus angulatus, Peck, 26th Rep. N. York State 
Mus. p. 60. 
Pileus hemispherical , plicate-sulcate, disc smooth, 1-5-2 -5 cm. across ; 
gills reaching the stem, white, then blackish ; spores compressed, 
angular, subovate, 10x9 n ; stem equal, smooth, whitish, 3-5 cm. 
long. 
In woods. United States. a 
141 . Coprinus digitalis, Fries, Epicr. p. 249. 
Pileus ovate, then campanulate, whitish , disc darker , quite glabrous, 
striate up to the disc , 2-5 cm. high and broad; gills slightly adnexed; 
stem 3-10 cm. long, equal, rather flexuous, glabrous, white. 
On the ground in woods. Sweden, Denmark, Britain, France, 
Germany, Holland, Italy, Finland. 
Tufted; fragile. When mature the pileus is livid-olive or yellowish 
grey, and the gills appear to be adnate. 
