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77* A. (Tricholoma) crassus, JB. in Lond. Journ, Bot. vi. p. 483; 

 Gardner y no. 53. 



On the ground in shady places. Peradeniya, June 1844, 



78. A< (Tricholoma) pachymeres, B.SfBr. Caespitosus; pileo 

 compacto convexo guttato ochraceo raargine incurvo, carne crassa 

 Candida; stipite crasso squamoso tumido sohdo ; lamellis subhberis " 

 arcuatis stramineis (no. 797 cum icone). 



On the ground, Ambegamowa, Central Provinces, Nov. 1868. 



Csespitose; pileus 4 inches or more across, hemispherical, g^.ttate; 

 margin involute ; flesh white, 1 inch thick ; stem 4 inches high, at- 

 tenuated upwards, swollen in the centre, where it is nearly 1^ inch 

 thick, solid, clothed with small reflexed scales ; gills arched, \ inch 

 broad, rather attenuated behind and nearly free. 



Allied to A, ganibositSj and probablj esculent. It differs from 

 -4. crassus in the even not sinuato-plicate margin, the scaly stein, 

 and other characters. Grows, like that, to a large size. 



79. A. (Tricholoma) theiochrous, J3. c^ J3r. Sulfureus; pileo 

 convexo umbonato carnoso : stipite suba^quali farcto ; lamellis an- 

 gustis liberis vel breviter adnatis (no. 874 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Pileus |-| inch across, convex, umbonate, sulphur-coloured, inchning 

 to umber towards the umbo ; flesh reddish ; stem 1 inch high, 1 line 

 thick, curved, nearly equal ; gills narrow, rounded behind and free, 

 or attenuated and slightly adnate ; spores pale yellow, *0002' long. 



. There is a large form with no umbo when full-grown, and the 

 gills slightly rounded behind and adnate. Allied to A. cliry- 

 s enter us. 



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80. A. (Tricholoma) rubro-cyaneus, B, 4' B'"* Pileo e conico 

 piano depresso lilacino subtiliter virgato carnoso ; carne alba ; sti- 

 pite obconico farcto fibrilloso albido ; lamellis angustis candidis 

 (no. 747 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept. 18G8. 



Pileus lj-2 inches across, conical, obtuse, then convex, plane, or de- 

 pressed, lilac, delicately virgate, fleshy; flesh white; edge at first 

 involute: stem I5 inch high, obconical, 2 lines thick in the centre, 

 fibrillose, dirty white, stuffed; gills arched, narrow, shortly adnate, 

 white. 



Allied to A. onycliimis. 



81. A. (Tricholoma) charisterus, B, 8f Br. Pileo piano umbo- 

 nato carnoso lilacino, came alba; stipite substricto basi attenuate 

 e fibris radiantibus oriundo farcto ; lamellis angustis leviter adnatis 

 candidis (no. 847 cum icone). 



Amongst dead leaves &c. Peradeniya, Dec. 18C8, 



