512 THE EKY. M. J. BEHKELET AND MR. C. E. BROOME 



64. A. (Lepiota) metabolus, B. Sf Br. Pileo piano citrino fibrillis 

 brunneis picto ; stipite basi truncato sursum attenuate rubro-lineato 

 candido; lamellis ventricosis candidis remotis (no. 1186 cum icone). 



On the ground. June 1869. 



Whole plant tinged with red when bruised. Pileus nearly 1^ inch 

 across, plane, lemon-coloured, marked with brown fibrillse, which 

 sometimes are disposed in scales j stem 1^ inch high, thickened and 

 truncate at the base, where it is marked with red streaks, attenuated 

 and white upwards ; gills 2 lines broad, white, ventricose, remote ; 

 spores -00025' long. 



65. A. (Lepiota) cenccephalus, B. ^^ Br. Pileo subhemisphserico 

 vinoso centre obscuriore rimoso-areolato ; stipite flexuoso pallidiore 

 lineato basi brunneo farcto, intus carneque luteis ; lamellis postice 

 rotundatis subcarneis (no, 796 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 1 inch across, hemispherical, obtuse, vinous, very dark in the 

 centre, where it is areolate, flesh yellow; stem 1^ inch high, more 

 than a line thick, marked with little vinous streaks, and yellow- 

 brown at the base, stuiFed, yellowish within; gills 1^ line broad, 

 ventricose, rounded behind, approximate, white shaded wnth pink, 

 stained when bruised; spores •00015'-'0002' long. 



Whole plant dark when dry, the gills acquiring a deep red 

 tint. Approaching, like some others, very closely to Psalliota. 



66. A. (Lepiota) pungens, B. %■ Br. Pileo convexo carnoso fusco- 

 ferrugineo appendiculato ; stipite sequali farcto concolori; lamellis 

 livide cseruleo-purpureis (no. 781). 



On the ground. Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 1 inch across, sometimes umbonate, fleshy; stem 1 inch high, 

 1^ line thick, stufl'ed; spores pale, '0002' long. Odour very pun- 

 gent in drying. Dark when dry. 



Other specimens are marked w^hitish, tiuged with dark blue 

 purple, Sept. 1868. Pileus pale dull purplish, Dec. 1868. 



67. A. (Lepiota) metul^esporus, B. ^ Br, Pileo campanulato 

 obtuso sulcato squamulis pallidis ornato, margine appendiculato ; 

 stipite subsequali pallido intus citrino; lamellis ventricosis albis; 

 sporis metulaiformlbus (no. 1180 cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Pileus 1 inch across, campanulate, rather fleshy, white, grooved, 

 adonied with small pallid scales j margin appendiculate ; stem 2^ 

 inch high, 1 line thick, nearly equal or slightly clavate, pallid, lemon- 

 coloured, stufitd; gills nearly 2 lines broad, white, ventricose, ap- 

 proximate ; spores ninepin-shaped, when seen from the back, ob- 

 liquely clavate from the side, 0006' long. Mycelium thread-like. 



