ON THE FUNGI OF CEYLON. 



529 



stem; gills white, narrow, decurrent; spores oblong, with a little 

 point at the base, '0004' long. 



Adhering to the wood by a spongy base. It occurs also in 

 Venezuela. 



146. A. (Pleurotus) scytocephalus, B. ^Br. Candidas; pileo 

 orbiculari galea^formi glabro, margine in^^oluto ; stipite brevi deorsum 

 attenuato glabro ; lamelUs angustis decurrentibus (no. 20). 



On dead wood. Nov. 1867. 



Pileus^-f inch across, suborbicular, cuculliform, smooth; margin in- 

 volute ; stem about 1 line high and thick, smooth, distinct, incras- 

 sated upwards ; gills narrow, decurrent ; spores oblong, '00025' long. 



Distinguished at once from the last by the smaller spores. 



147. A. (Pleurotus) leptogramme, B. Sf Br. Pileo flabelliforrai 

 tomentoso lineis tenuibus versus marginem notato ; stipite obsoleto; 



lamellis ventricosis candidis. 



On dead wood. Nov. 1867- 



Pileus 3 inches across, flabelliform, attenuated behind, tomentose, 

 marked %vith little close-pressed fibrils in front ; stem very short, 

 almost obsolete, white, tomentose ; gills ventricose, attenuated be- 

 hind, white; spores •0002'-- 0003' long. 



Allied to A. serotinus. Margin involute. 



148. A. (Pleurotus) versiformis, B. in Hook. Land. Joum. vi. 



p. 484. 

 In forests, on mossy branches. Talagalla, Feb. 1846 (Gardner). 



149. A. (Pleurotus) testudo, B. I.e. p. 485; Gard. no. 41. 



A. barbatus, B. Bf C. (no. 88) in part. 

 On dead wood. Hautane. June 1844, GcrcZner. Peradeniya. Cuba, 



r 



no. 44. 



150. A. (Pleurotus) subbarbatus, B. 8f C. in Linn. S. J.x.p.288. 



Cuba, no. 808 (no. 89). 

 On dead wood. Peradeniya, Aug., Dec. 



No. 391 is a tender variety, wMch comes very close to A. 



striaUilus. 



and 



trix as in a siate of A. applicatus, forwarded by Prof. Fries. 



161. A. (Pleurotus) semisupinus, B. 8f Br. Pileo primum Pe- 

 zizffiformi villoso demum semisupino ; lamellis ventricosis circa discum 



tomentosum sitis (no. 181). 

 On dead twigs and leaves. Peradeniya, Sept., Dec. 

 Pileus 2 lines across, at first appearing under the form of a snow-white 



pezizsform body, which gradually opens and exposes the gills, which 



are arranged round a central villous disk, at length half reflexed. 



The gills in age acquire a reddish tinge. Spores subglobose, -0004'- 



•0005' long. 



