So closely allied to C. comatus that it is with difficulty distinguished from it. However, its edible qualities are the same, and into these the name does not enter.
Grouped by F.D. Briscoe—Studies by C. McIlvaine. PLATE CII.
| Fig. | Page. | Fig. | Page. |
| 1. Coprinus atramentarius, | [373] | 3. Panaeolus solidipes, | [385] |
| 2. Coprinus micaceus, | [378] | 4. Panaeolus solidipes (section), | [385] |
C. sterquili´nus Fr.—sterquilinium, a dunghill. Pileus about 2 in. across when expanded, conical, then expanded, sulcate more than half way from margin to disk, at first villous or silky, disk rather fleshy with rough scales, silvery-gray, tinged with brown at the apex. Flesh thin. Gills free, ventricose, about 2 lines broad, pale then umber-purple. Stem 4–6 in. high, slightly attenuated upward, white, fibrillose, hollow, thickened base solid, and booted for about an inch from the base, margin of sheath ending in a free border or ring.
On dung. A fine large species known by the scaly apex of the pileus, the basal portion of the stem surrounded by a volva-like, adnate structure with a free upper margin. The stem soon becomes black when bruised. Base of stem not rooting but abrupt, and furnished with a few white fibers. Massee.
Edible, Cooke, 1891; also Leuba.
Nova Scotia, Dr. Somers.
This species is not reported as found in the United States.