520 THE BEY. :vr. j. Berkeley and mk. c. e. broome 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Nov. 18C8. 



Crespitose, sometimes forked; pileus li-2| inches across, at first cam- 

 panulate, umbonate, vinous red, gradually becoming depressed or um- 

 bilicate, at length dirty white, strongly sulcate, and rugose ; stem very 

 variable in thickness, fistulose, smooth, much paler than the pileus 

 or white ; gills f-l an inch wide, waved, reddish or white ; mycehum 

 filamentous. 



A very singular Agaric, apparently allied to A, schizoxylon^ au 

 undescribed species, of whicli we have a figure from the Swedish 

 Museum. 



101. A. (Collybia) apalosarcus, J5. 8f Br. Totus tener; pileo 

 plano-convcxo usque ad centrum striate ; stij)ite brevi solido sub- 

 tequali ; lamellis ventricosis latis postice rotundato-adnexis margme 

 crenatis (no. 699, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, July, Aug., Nov. 1868. 

 Very tender," dirty white; pileus 1| inch across, striate from the 

 margin to the obtuse centre ; flesh moderately thick, cinereous ; stem 

 1 inch high, 1^ line thick, solid, smooth, distinct from the flesh of 

 the pileus, truncate at the base ; gills \ inch broad, rounded behind, 

 ventricose, nearly free, pallid ; spores globose, •0008'-'0006' in dia- 



(( 



meter. 



dra 



that it is a very difterent species. In some specimens the spores 

 vary from -0003' to '0009' in diameter. 



102. A. (Collybia) magisterium, jB. <5' Br. Totus albidus; pileo 



late expanse carnoso molli obtusissimo margine crenato plicate; sti- 

 pite apice basique dilatato discrete ; lamellis latis semdatis ventrico- 

 sis crassis rotundato-adnatis (no. 768, cum icone). 



On dead bark. Peradeniya, Sept. 1868, 



** Soft and tender ; " pileus 4-5 inches across, very obtuse, fleshy, mar- 

 gin crenate and striate ; stem 1^ inch high, \ inch thick in the centre, 

 solid, fibrous within, quite distinct from the pileus, dilated above and 

 below, tmncate at the base ; gills \ inch broad, thick, ventricose, 

 rounded behind, and broadly adnate serrulate ; spores globose, •0006- 

 •0008' in' diameter. The pileus densely pulverulent from the spores, 

 which look Yik^ 2imagisterium. When dry, ochraceous or fuliginous. 



103. A. (Collybia) eupiiyllus, B.<5'Br, Ochraceo- albidus; pileo 

 convexo obtusissimo subcarnoso estriato leviter maculate pulveru- 

 lento; stipite brevi efarcto cavo basi dilatato truncate; lamellis latis- 

 sirais undulatis dente adnatis (no. 1201, cum icone) no. 731. 



On dead wood. August 1865, July 1869, 



Pileus 1| inch across, hemispherical, plane above, pulverulent, minutely 



