408 THE RET. M. J. BERKELEY AND MR. C. E. BROOME 



ring with dark specks ; ring more or less moveable, brown-purple ; 

 gills pale, straw-coloured, 1 line wude, ventricose, attenuated behind, 

 approximate; spores ovate, '0003' long. 



"Whole plant dark when dry. Allied to A. hiornatus. 



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13. A. (Lepiota) carphophyllus, B. SfBr. Pileo couvexo obtuso 

 subcarnoso subfulvo, centro pulveraceo, margine fibrilloso ; stipite 

 recto concolon e farcto cavo ; annulo descendente mobili candido ; 

 lameUis straminels ventricosis postice attenuatis approximatis (no. 

 1165, cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Pileus 2 inches across, dull tawny, convex, pulverulent in the centre, 

 fibrillose towards the margin ; stem If inch high, \ thick, of the same 

 colour, even; ring descending, moveable; gills 1^-2 lines wide, ven- 

 tricose, straw-coloured, attenuated behind, approximate ; spores 

 broadly ovate, '00025" long. 



Differs at once from all the forms of ^. erythrogrammus in the 

 different nature of the ring. 



14. A. (Lepiota) lepidophorus, B. Sf Br. Pileo e campanulato 

 papillato-umbonato piano subcarnoso obtuso squamulis minutis ob- 

 sito ; stipite sursum attenuate farcto ; annulo mobili ; lamellis ventri- 

 cosis approximatis citrinis (no. 36, cum icone) (no. 882). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 18G9. 



Pileus an inch or more across, campanulate, umbonate, then plane ob- 

 tuse and slightly umbonatC; white, clothed with minute reddish 

 scales, striate when dry; stem H inch high, 1^ line thick in the cen- 

 tre, stuffed, pinkish ; ring entire, cup-shaped, moveable ; gills 1 line 

 broad, ventricose, lemon-coloured, rounded behind, approximate; 

 spores -0003' long. Whole plant acquiring a yellowish tinge in dry- 

 ing, and staining the paper bright yelllow. 



6. No. 883. " Gills soon turning green when drying. Stem very pale 

 ferruginous." 



15. A. (Lepiota) erythrogrammus, B. ^ Br. Pileo piano umbo- 

 nate vinoso lituris fibrosis concoloribus notato ; stipite e basi clavi- 

 formi sursum attenuate candido glabro albo-farcto ; annulo submo- 



bili, lamellis ventricosis approximatis (no. 1202, cum icone). 

 On the ground. July 1869. 

 Pileus If inch across, plane, umbonate, vinous, marked with radiating 



fibrillose lines ; stem 2 inches high, nearly \ inch thick in the centre, 



smooth, stuffed ; gdls 2 lines broad, white, ventricose, approximate ; 



spores -00025' long, much broader than in A, albonisseus. 



b (no. 1187, cum icone) is a very pretty variety, of a bright brick-red, as 

 is the edge of the erect ring. 



c (no. 1159, cum iconej is a large variety, in which the fibres are more 



