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que sordidis rugoso; stipite subsequali striato ; lamellis angustis 



decurrentibus (uo. 1205). 



On the ground. 



Pileus 2^ inches across, depressed, thin but fleshy, obtusely umbonate 

 when dry, looking as if sprinkled with the dark excrement of some 

 insect; stem 2 inches high, | thick ; gills not a line broad, decurrent. 



A veiy singular species, of very uncertain affinity. 



92. A. (Clitocybe) pyraces, B, 4* Br. Pileo plano-depresso rufo, 

 margine Isevi inflexo ; stipite deorsum attenuato ochraceo striato ; 

 lamellis distantibus crassis subconcoloribus (no. 722). 



On the ground, Peradeniya, July 18(58. 



Pileus 1 inch across, piano-depressed, smooth, rufous, margin inflexed ; 



stem 1^ inch high, striate, nearly | an inch thick, smooth, ochra- 



ceous ; gills distant, pallid, shortly decurrent. 



Somewhat resembling A. irriifatus, 



93. A. (Clitocybe) myochrous, B. ^Br. Pileo convexo obtuso 

 pulverulento-tomentoso estriato ; stipite tenaci insititio pallidiore 

 apice candido intus deorsum cinerascente ; lamellis albidis adnato- 

 decurrentibus, interstitiis reticulatis (no. 11/3, cum icone). 



On dead sticks. July 1869. 



Pileus f inch across, convex, subcampanulate, mouse-coloured, clothed 

 with pulverulent donn, margin even ; flesh white ; stem 1 inch high, 

 scarcely a line thick, solid, minutely velvety white above, cinereous 

 within below; gills nearly horizontal, adnato-decurrent, nearly white, 

 about 2 lines broad. 



This species belongs to Fries's section Versiformes. 



94. A. (Clitocybe) spodophorus, B. ^^ Br, Rufulus; pileo sub- 



hemisphoerico umbilicato flocculis nigris obsitomembranaceo; stipite 

 sursum dilatato solido flocculento ; lamellis adnatis denticulo decur- 

 rente acie nigra serrulata (no. 1215, cum icone). 



On the ground. Sept. 1869. 



Pileus ^ inch across, subhemispherical, slightly umbilicate, beset with 

 black flocculent specks, membranaceous ; stem dilated upwards, 

 solid, covered, especially above, with deUcate black flocci; gills few, 

 adnate, with a decurrent tooth ; edge serrulate, marked with mter- 

 rupted black specks. General colour dull flesh-colour. 



Allied to A. laccatiis. 



95. A. (Clitocybe) LACCATUS, Scop. (no. 846). (No. 949, cum icone.) 



On the ground in the higher forests of the Central Provinces. Oct. 



1868. 



**X)ecp sanguineous ; gills reddish yellow, sometimes red. 



No. 949 is a large form deeply and broadlv sulcate ; gills very broad. 



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