. Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) . n the earth outside or on the walls and ceilings inside. Coprinns domcsticus is common on moist cloths of all sorts, andis found in kitchens and sculleries upon dishcloths. There arethirty-nine British species of Coprinus, six of which are representedby models. C6, Coprinus comatus Fr.—Pileus fleshy, at first cylindrical andwhite, the cuticle breaking up into adpressed fleecy white scales; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured, atlength purple and black, deliquescent;stalk hollow, shin
. Guide to Sowerby's models of British fungi in the Department of Botany, British Museum (Natural History) . n the earth outside or on the walls and ceilings inside. Coprinns domcsticus is common on moist cloths of all sorts, andis found in kitchens and sculleries upon dishcloths. There arethirty-nine British species of Coprinus, six of which are representedby models. C6, Coprinus comatus Fr.—Pileus fleshy, at first cylindrical andwhite, the cuticle breaking up into adpressed fleecy white scales; gills free, white, then flesh-coloured, atlength purple and black, deliquescent;stalk hollow, shining-whitish; ring torn,movable, at length vanishing. C. comatus is a large, handsome, andcommon fungus in parks, gardens, farm-3ards, orchards, and in waste and grassyplaces, generally near human grows in scattered groups from earlyspring to late autumn; sometimes it ap-pears in the winter. When the gills arejust becoming tinged with pink or purpleC. comatus is esculent and delicious; itis, however, somewhat mucilaginous, andnot pleasing to all tastes. It is sometimescandied with
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