On the type of Coprinus subtigrinellus
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Original description
Coprinus subtigrinellus Dennis in Kew Bull. 15: 122. 1961 (Fungi Venezuela IV). Holotype: Venezuela: Caracas, Botanic Garden, On dead Arundo donax, 30 June 1958, R.W.G. Dennis 1124 (K).

Pileus hemisphericus, fuscus, dein campanulatus, membrabaceus, albus, squamis brunneis minutis obtectus, 5 mm altus, 4 mm latus, demum revolutus,; stipes aequalis, 10 x 0.5 mm, albus, levis, basi albo-hirsutus; sporae subglobosae, fuscae, 6-7 x 4.5-6 µm, apice truncatae. Hab. 900 m., ad folia dejecta putrescentia Arundinis donacis, in hortis, Caracas, 30.6.1958. Dennis 1124 (typus)

Observations:
Spores [20,1,1] 5.3-7.2 x 4.2-5.5 µm, rather pale red-brown, ovoid or ellipsoid; Q= 1.10-1.40, av. Q= 1.25; av. L= 6.1, av. B= 5.0 µm. Germ pore central, c. 1.3 µm in diameter. Only a few small cystidia found, 60-80 x 12-17 µm. Veil 2-8 µm wide, slightly thick-walled, walls up to 1 µm, pale yellowish. Clamp-connections not distinct.

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