of the wooden block pavements used
for surface soiling gardens in vicinity of the capital. They have been
offered for sale in open market as low as 25 cents per pound.

A correspondent from Rochester, New York, states that in a patch of his
grounds which had been quarried out and filled with street sweepings the
Coprinus comatus appeared in such quantities as to make it impossible to
walk over the space without stepping upon them, and that he was able to
gather from this small space from one to two bushels at a time in the
spring and the fall. In flavor the C. comatus resembles the cultivated
mushroom, though perhaps more delicate.

The _Coprinus ovatus_, "_Oval Coprinus_," a closely allied species, is
similar to the comatus, but smaller, more ovate in shape and delicate in
flavor, less deliquescent; stem usually 3/4 of an inch long. The
_Coprinus atramentarius_ has a mouse-gray or brownish cap with irregular
margin, slightly striated. It is not shaggy, but is spotted with minute,
innate punctate scales. The stem is hollow, somewhat ringed when young.
Spores elliptical, black.

_Coprinus micaceus_ is a very common species, and is found generally in
clusters on old tree stumps or on decaying wood. The cap is thin and of
a reddish buff or ochraceous tint, often showing a sprinkling of
glistening micaceous scales or granules; gills crowded, whitish. It is
at first ovate or bell-shaped, then expanding; striated. The stem is
white, slender, and hollow, not ringed. The spores in this species are a
very dark brown, which is unusual in the genus _Coprinus_.

It is generally found in decaying wood or old tree-stumps, growing in
dense clusters.

Prof. Peck says: "European writers do not record the '_Glistening
coprinus_' among the edible species, perhaps because of its small size.
But it compensates for its lack of size by its frequency and abundance.
In tenderness and delicacy it does not appear to be at all inferior to
the '_Shaggy coprinus_.'"

EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.

=Coprinus comatus= Fr. _The Shaggy Maned Mushroom_.

Fig. 1. A young plant.

Fig. 2. A plant partly expanded, exposing the tender pink of the gills.

Fig. 3. A mature plant, bell-shaped and shaggy, with movable ring
detached from the cap, and with stem unequal and rooting.

Fig. 4. A sectional view, showing hollow stem, thin cap, and broad,
free, linear gill.

Fig. 5. Spores black.

AGARICINI.

LEUCOSPORI (SPORES WHITE, OR