ON THE FrXGI Or CETLOK. 503 



asperato ; stipite longisslmo farcto glabro, annulo erecto lacerato ; 

 lamellis utrinque attenuatis approximatis (no. 843 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Densely gregarious; pileus 1-1^ inch across, at first campanulate, with 

 a large nipi)le-shaped umbo, white, epidermis straw-coloured, broken 

 up into pilose scales, fleshy; flesh red when cut; stem 6 inches or 

 more high, 2 lines thick, smooth ; ring ragged, erect ; gills arcuate, 

 attenuated at either end, approximate, pale straw-coloured; spores 

 •0002' long. Whole plant red when dry. 



30. A. (Lepiota) columbicolor, B, ^ Br. Pileo convexo umbo- 

 nato sericeo-notato ; stipite subbulboso sursum attenuato albo-farcto, 

 annulo erecto angusto ; lamellis arcuatis angustis postice attenuatis 

 camels (no. 1208 cum icone). 



On the ground. June 1869. 



Dove-coloured ; pileus | inch across, convex, umbonate, marked with 

 little silky specks ; flesh grey; stem U inch high, 1 line thick in the 

 centre, slightly bulbous, grey within, stuff'ed with white ; ring narrow, 

 erect, ascending; gills | hne broad, pink, attenuated behind, approxi- 

 mate; spores oblong, '00025' long. 



This species, with some others, approaches Psalliota. The 

 whole plant becomes dark in drying ; and the slight vinous tint 

 of the spores arises probably from the same circumstance. 



31. A. (Lepiota) viridi-tinctus, B. <§- Br. Olidus; pileo convexo 

 umbonato albo squamuUs rufis obsito ; stipite claviforrai e farcto cavo 

 glabro albo basi rufescente; lameUis ventricosis postice attenuatis 

 approximatis (no. 1 153 cum icone). 



On the ground. June 1869. 



Smell foxy ; pileus 1 inch across, convex, umbonate, white, clothed with 

 dense, rufous, pilose scales; stem 2 inches high, 1 line thick in the 

 centre, cluvate, stufl'ed, then hollow, smooth ; ring erect ; edge rufous ; 

 gills white, ventricose, attenuated behind, 1 line wide ; spores 0002' 



long. 



Turns of a greenish blue when cut. 



32. A. (Lepiota) apalochrous, B. Sr Br. Pileo e convexo depresso 

 tenui, centro fusco-notato, margine sulcato ; stipite suba;quali glabro 

 radicante candido, annulo medio erecto ; lamellis arcuatis postice 

 rotundatis remotis candidis (no. 1213 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, June 1869. 



Pileus more than 1 inch across, thin, white, with a few brown dots at 

 the apex; margin deeply sulcate ; stem IJ inch high, U-2 lines thick, 

 smooth, white, stuflFed, rooting; ring erect; gills white, arched. 1^ 

 line wide, rounded behind, remote ; spores oblong, -00025' long. 



A very delicate species. 



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