OK THE FUNGI OF CEYLON. 521 



spotted ; flesh distinct from the stem, the substance of which, how- 

 ever, spreads above the gills ; stem ^ inch high, 1 line thick in the 

 centre, at length hollow ; gills ^ inch broad, undulated, ventricose, 

 aduate, with a little tooth. Spores •0006-'0008' in diameter. 



A miuiature form of -4. magisterium^ with several distinctive 

 characters. 



104. A. (Collybia) chrysorophus, JB. 8f Br. Pileo couvexo tenui 

 croceo lineato; stipite a;quali pallidiore e farcto cavo; lamellis pal- 

 lidis distantibus dente adnatis (no. 858, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Dec, 1868. 



Pileus about 1 inch across, convex, with occasionally a minute central 

 papilla, orange with darker streaks -, flesh white, thin ; stem nearly 

 equal, 1 inch high, stufied, then hollow, truncate at the base; gills 

 few, distant, very pale straw-colour, adnate, with a small decurreut 

 tooth. 



Evidently allied to A. vehctijjes, but with a smooth stem. 



105. A. (Collybia) nephelodes, B. <§- Br. Pileo liemisphaerico 

 centre leviter depresso subfulvo nebuloso estriato ; stipite recto glabro 

 fistuloso; lamellis latis albidis truncatis leviter aduatis (no. 1172, 



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cum icone). 



On the ground. June 30, 1869. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, hemispherical, slightly depressed in the centre, 

 sienna-browm, paler towards the margin, fleshy; flesh sieuna-brown 

 beneath the cuticle; stem 3 inches high, i thick, nearly white, fis- 

 tulose; gills ^ inch broad, truncate behind, shortly adnate, pale 

 straw-coloured. 



Allied to A, maculatus. The pileus is curiously clouded. Spores 

 oblong, -0005' by 00025'. 



106. A. (Collybia) cubistes, B. *§• Br. Pileo piano umbonato pul- 

 venilento estriato subcarnoso ; stipite obhquo aequali albo-farcto; 

 lamellis angustis postice rotundatis adnexis stramineis (no. 1158, 



cum icone). 



Probably on dead wood. July 1869. 



Pileus i^ inch across, plane, with the edge slightly turned up, ob- 

 tusely and broadly umbonate, pulverulent, subcamose, margin 

 dirty white ; stem 2 inches high, 2 lines thick, flexuous, slightly 

 tinged without and within with rufous ; gills crowded, 1 hue broad, 

 straw-coloured ; mycelium rooting. 



Allied to A. magisterium and A. eiiphyllm. 



107. A. (Collybia) diminutus, B. ^- Br. Pileo e subcampanulato 

 expanse subcarnoso albido pulverulento ; stipite brevi farcto ; la- 

 mellis angustis adnatis (no. 1147, cum icone). 



