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514 THE REY. M. J. BERKELEY AI^D MR. C. E. BROOME 



wood), Oct., Nov., Jan. Neilgherrles, Sept. 1864, Aug. 1869 (E. S. 

 Berkeley). Spores •00035--0004' long. 



73. A. (Armillaria) ompnerus, B. ^' Br. Candidas; pileo con- 

 vexo carnoso fortiter umbonato pulvcrulento estriato ; stipite a^quali 

 albo-farcto ; annulo fugacissimo ; lamellis angustis coufertis approxi- 

 matis (no. 1211 cum icone). 



On the ground. June 1869. 



Pileus 3 inches across, convex, fleshy, with a strong umbo, which is 

 slightly tinged with umber, pulvcrulento -squamulose, becoming 

 smooth ; margin even ; stem 2^ inches high, J inch thick, smooth, 

 white, umber at the base ; ring very fugitive ; gills white, 1 line 

 broad, rounded behind, free, crowded, ajiproximate. 



The specimens are more delicate than those figured, which 



resemble in habit A. xylophilus (Weinm.). Spores '00015 

 '0002' long. 



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Sf Br. Pileo convexo sub- 



carnoso pallide citrine verrucis punctiformibus frequentibus roseis 

 obsito; stipite crasso subsequaU farcto roseo-lineato ; annulo supe- 

 riore ample lacerato citrine; lamellis angustis aixuatis postice at- 

 tenuatis adnatis (no. 1212 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya. 



Pileus convex, 1 inch across, fleshy, pale lemou-coloured, sprinkled 

 with minute rose-coloured warts ; flesh nearly white ; stem 1 inch 

 high, \ thick, stuffed, obtuse, marked with rose-coloured lines, of the 

 same colour within, except towards the centre; ring broad, descend- 

 ing, lemon-coloured, jagged ; gills | line broad, arched, attenuated 

 behind, slightly adnate. 



The colours are just those of A. rntilans. 



75. A. (Armillaria) eurhizus, B. in Hook. Journ. Bot. vi. p. 483; 

 Gard. no. 43. 



Peradeniya, June 1844, on the ground. Eaten by tbe Cingalese. 



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Id. A. (Tricholoma) rhacophorus, B. ^ Br. Pileo convexo 

 demum depresso carnoso innato-diffracto-fibrilloso estriato; stipite 

 deorsum incrassato solido pallidiore squamis angustis fibrillosis ru- 

 gose ; lameUis pallide stramineis postice rotundatis attingentibus 

 (no. 1166 cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Pileus nearly 3 inches across, convex, at length depressed, fleshy, dark- 

 brown, rough with innate fibres or minutely cracked ; flesh white ; 

 margin even ; stem 21 inches high, a thick, slightly thickened below, 

 paler than the pileus, rough, with brown shred-like scales; gills 

 pale straw-colour, 2^ lines broad, rounded behind and adncxed. 



Allied to A. impoVitus. 



