522 THE BET. M. J. BERKELEY AND MU. C. E. BBOOME 



On dead wood. June 1869. 



Dirty white; pileus ^ inch across, at first campanulate, then expanded, 



pulverulent, margin even; stem i inch high, | line thick, stuffed; 



gills crowded, narrow, ^ a line broad. 



Allied to A, cuhtstes, 



108. A. (Collybia) verticolor, jB. ^ Br. Pusillus, albidus; pileo 



subcarnoso estriato; stipite sequali solido e basi floccosa 



oriundo ; lamellis adnatis (no. 834, cum icone). 

 On dead bark. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 

 Gregarious ; pileus | inch across, convex, sUghtly fleshy, dirty white ; 



extreme margin fulvous, as is the whole plant when dry, pulverulent ; 



stem I inch high, 1 line thick, solid, springing from an orbicular floc- 



cose base; gills moderately broad, adnate or slightly adnato-de- 



current. 



Allied, though distantly, to A. velutipes. Apparently, as m 



that species, the cuticle is of a gelatinous consistence. 



108 bis. A. (Collybia) clarus, B. 8f Br. Pileo convexo fulvo ciiti- 

 cula gelatinosa margine inflexo ; stipite subsequali glabro ; lamellis 

 tenuibiis ventricosis postice attenuatis flavis. 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Nov. 1867- 



Pileus H inch across : stem \\ inch high. 



Allied closely to A. velutipes. 



No. 103, Gardner, is apparently the same species ; but the speci- 

 mens are in bad condition. 



109. A. (Collybia) sgotodes, B. 4' Br. Pileo convexo umbonato 

 subcinereo suhtiliter tomentoso ; stipite deorsum attenuate cavo albo 

 fibrilloso ; lamellis ventricosis subliberis candidis (no. 205, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Oct. 1868, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, convex, very obtusely umbonate, cinereous, paler 

 towards the margin, not striate ; stem 1 inch high, \ thick in the 

 centre, at length hollow, the cavity extending nearly to the top of the 

 umbo, fibrillose, white; gills 2 lines wide, white, ventricose, nearly 

 free; spores '000125' long. 



There is a form witb the pileus chestnnt-coloured (A. contra^ 

 rius, B. & Br., MSS.), the stem of the same colour and rooting, 

 and tbe gills ochraceous sinuated behind. Nov, 1867. Pileus 2 

 inches across ; stem 2 inches high, \ thick. 



lAnn. Tr. xxvu 



p. 151. (No. 697, cum icone.) 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, July, August 1868. 



Eaten by the Cingalese. Allied to A, eurhizus. 



