On the type of Coprinus galericuliformis
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Original description
Coprinus galericuliformis in Notes on some British Agarics. R. Walling. In N.R.B.G. 28: 42, 1966.

Pileus primo glandiformis vel ellipticus altus, 6-15 mm vix expansus clare fulvo-ochraceus vel ferrugineo-mellinus vulgo ad discum obscurius coloratus. Stipes 10-35 x 2-3 mm, subaequalis ad basim leviter incrassatus, albus. Caro concolorata siccitate intus albida. Lamellae fere liberae ex albo albidac vel cacainae dein nigro-umbrinae. Basidia 4-sporigera; basidiosporae 10-5-12-5 x 10-11 x 5-7 µm lentiforme poro germinativo. Cheilocystidia ellipsoideo-vesiculosa. Pleurocystidia et velum absentia.

Ad terram Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 14 V 1966, Watling 26310 (Typus in Herb E).

This is Coprinus galericuliformis Losa Espana described without a latin description in Ann. Jard. Botan. Madrid 3: 154 (1943). c. f. C. velaris Fr. (1838).

 (d) Coprinus galericuliformis Losa ex Watling. Fig. 1 F and f. Several carpophores of this uniquely shaped coprinoid fungus were found growing on bare soil in a cool greenhouse, soil to which no manure etc. had been recently added. In spore shape and structure of the cuticle tills fungus is closely related to C. plicalilis but differs markedly in the much more sturdy habit and in the shape of the pileus when mature. The Edinburgh material agrees in all respects with Losa's description and although the spores are slightly smaller than those depicted in Locquin's much fuller account of the same fungus (1947) it is still preferable to assign the Edinburgh collection to this taxon. This material constitutes the first British record; the species name is herewith validated.*

Pileus rich tawny to red brown or rust paling only slightly on maturity, up to 15 mm high, campanulate or cylindrical not or hardly expanding and then only becoming semiglobate, smooth, shining, semideliquescent. Stipe up to 35 mm long x 2-3 mm, slightly or distinctly swollen towards the base, white, smooth or witu but a few white fibrils. Gills free, almost pure white but then soon tinted sepia and finally purple brown, margin white, sterile. Basidia 4-spored, clavate, hyaline ca 10 µm broad; basidiospores strongly compressed, subglobose to rounded triangular in one view but elliptic in the other 10.5-12.5 x 10-11 x 5-7 µm. more globose than the strawberry shape in C. plicalilis, dark brown, with distinct central germ-pore and apiculus. Brachycyslidia hyaline numerous; Pleurocystidia absent; cheilocystidia globose to elliptic, hyaline. Veil remnants, pileo- and caulocy stidia absent.
On bare soil Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 14 v 1966, Watling 26310.
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