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632 258.PrunuL 11. HYMENOTHECE.E. Pl.celLaph.
8. Prunulus Boltonil. Ballon' s pnine-stool.
Thalhis weak ; slem rather thickish at bottom ; collar
vanishing; cap hemispherical, bossed, pale-yellow.
Agariclis flavidus, Boll. Fung. 149; Sotverby Fungi, 96; Per-ioon Syn.
414.
In meadows, and on cow-dung.
9. Prunulus tituhans. Tottering prune-stool.
Tkallus small, shining, brittle ; stem yellowish ; cap bellshape,
streaked, viscous, rather pale; centre yellow; gilh
distinct, pink.
Agaricns tittibans, Sowerby Fung. 123; Persoon Syn. 415.
On horsedung.
10. Prunulus exlinciorlus. Extinguisher prune-stool.
Stem rather bulbous, awlshape; cap bellshaped, whitish,
gills brownish or snow-white.
torn ;
Agaricus extinctorius, BoU. Fung. 24 ;
In sandy ground.
Persoon Syn. 417.
XVII. 259. COPRINUS. Persoon. Dung-stool
Stem naked, sometimes collared ; cap thin, brittle, membranaceous,
vanishing ; gills unequal, growing watery,
black; sporidia in fours.— Poisonous.
a. Cap slightly fleshy ; gills at last dark grey, spotted
or cloudy.
1. Coprinus semiglolatus. Hemispherical dung-stool.
Stem long, collared ; cap fleshy, hemispherical, rather
glutinous, yellowish; gills very broad, horizontal, clouded,
black.
Agaricus glutinosus, Curtis Land. 69.
Agaricus semiglobatus, Sowerby Fungi, 248 ; Persoon Syn. 407.
Agaricus virosus, Sowerby Fungi, 480 and 481.
In meadows, pastures, and on dung.
Poisonous, and has caused several fatal accidents by /
having been mistaken for champignons, gen. 246, sp. 17. A /L^
2. Coprinus semiovatus. Half-egg dung-stool.
Stem long; collar small; cap bellshape, glutinous, yel-
gills ascending, blackish-grey, clouded.
lowish ;
Agaricus semiovatus, Sowerby Fungi, 131 ;
Agaricus fimiputris, Bull, Herb, 66,
On cowdunai;.
Persoon Syn. 408.