C. Virgineus Banning. Pileus ovate, bell-shaped, or cylindrical, pale ocher, the margin thin, torn, downy. Lamellæ narrow, close, forked, at first white, turning dark but never black, adnexed. Stem 3½ in. long, stout, somewhat stuffed, attenuated where it meets the pileus, flattened, downy. Spores black.
Cespitose or gregarious at the roots of trees or about old stumps. Also found in Virginia.
The plant is not rapidly deliquescent, remaining perfect for some hours. Banning MS.
Maryland. Virginia. Miss M.E. Banning MS. Peck, 44th Rep.
Chester county, Pa. New Jersey, about pear trees and stumps. McIlvaine.
This little Coprinus is a valuable species when found. A patch of it about a tree or stump is treasure trove. Patches of it appear in July and bear until October. The not-particular observer would mistake it for C. micaceus.
*** Furfurel´li. Pileus micaceous or scurfy, etc.
Coprinus domesticus.
Natural size.