502 THE REV. M. J. BERKELEY AKD MR. C. E. BROOME 



No. 823* is a fawn-coloured form, with a narrower ring ; stem 

 fawn-coloured, villous, with deflexed hairs. 



26. A. (Lepiota) muticolor, B. ^ Br. Pileo subcampanulato ob- 

 tuso candido squamis fibrillosis rufis bic illic picto ! stipite clavato 

 albo, deorsum rufulo albo-farcto, annulo amplo descendente ; lamellis 

 utrinque attenuatis approximatis (no. 714 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. \8GS. 



Pileus 1 inch across, subcampanulate, obtuse, white, clothed, especially 

 in the centre, with minute fibrillose rufous scales ; stem 2^ mches 

 high, nearly 2 lines thick, clavate, white with a slight rufous tint 

 below ; ring descending; gills U line wide, attenuated at either ex- 

 tremity, slightly tinged with red; spores -0002' long. 



Allied to A, metabohcs. 



27- A. (Lepiota) biornatus, B. ^ Br. Pileo convexo carnoso 

 aericeo squamulis punetiformibus rubris insperso estriato; stipite 

 maculato e farcto cavo maculato, radicantc, annulo descendente; la- 

 mellis ventricosis albis approximatis (no. 1168 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, July 1869. 



Caispitose ; pileus 2 inches across, broadly campanulate, white, silky, 

 with scattered minute dark-red scales, fleshy; flesh white or slightly 

 tinged with yellow ; stem obUque, 4 inches high, § inch thick, attenu- 

 ated at the base, rooting, spotted with red, reddish within, stuffed, 

 then hollow ; ring descending, spotted at the edge like the pileus ; 

 gills 2 lines broad, white, ventricose, approximate j spores '0004 

 long by -0003'. 



Like A. rulricatuSy the whole plant becomes dark in drying. 



2S. A. (Lepiota) parcenus, B. ^Br. Pileo convexo albido piloso- 

 squamoso ; stipite clavato fibrilloso farcto, annido descendente fugaci ; 

 lamellis arcuatis (no. 788). 



On the ground. Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 2-2^ inches across, convex, dirty white, the surface broken up 

 into pilose scales ; stems 2 inches high, 2 lines thick in the centre, 

 ring descending, fugacious ; gills arcuate, attenuated behind ; spore 

 •0002' long. Whole plant, but especially the gills, when dry, becommg 

 of a deep vinous red. 



No. 914. A white or reddish grey form, with brown speckles. 



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1868. 



29. A. (Lepiota) macrocolus, B. 8f B. Eximie caespitosus; pdeo 

 e campanulato late umbonato convexo carnoso squamulis pilosis ex- 



