531 THE REV. M. J. BERKELEY AND MR. 0. E, BROOME 



Pileus 3 inches across, plane, timbonate, pale gllvous, striate, tlie sur- 

 face broken up into minute powdery patches, at length leaving the 

 substratum exposed in parts; stem 3 inches high, % thick in the 

 centre, attenuated from the base upwards, lemon-coloured, solid; 

 gills ^ inch broad, ventricose, rounded behind, free, remote ; spores 

 globose, '00028' in diameter, " Tough and elastic." 



1/3. A. (Pluteus) MARM0RATUS3 B. 4" Sr. Pileo convexo fortiter 



4: 



umbonato marmorato ; stipite recto truncato torto striato solido ; 



lamellis segmentiformibus postice rotundatis approximatis (no. 754 



cum icone). 

 On rotten wood. Dec. 1868. 

 Pileus If inch across, pale gilvous, marbled with darker lines; stem 



H inch high, | thick, truncate at the base, twisted, striate, the stria? 



following the twisting of the stem ; gills nearly J inch across. 



174. A. (Pluteus) pulvinus, B. fy Br. Pileo convexo fortiter um- 

 bonato striato particulis pulvcraceis consperso; stipite subsequali 



solido ; lamellis latis ventricosis approximatis (no. 757***» ^^^^ 

 icone)- 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868, 

 Spores -00025' long. 



The cuticle does not chip off as in A, conizaftis ; gills nearly | 

 inch broad. 



175. A. (Pluteus) agl^otheles, B. ^' Br, Mollis, teuer; pileo 

 convexo expanse obtuso albido glabro; margine tenui estriato ; sti- 

 pite horizontali subccquali albo solido; lamellis rotundato-liberis 

 (no. 1189j cum icone). 



On dead wood. July 1869. 



Subcsespitose, soft, tender; pileus 3 inches or more across, convex, 

 expanded, very obtuse, smooth, dirty white, slightly wrinkled at the 

 apex; flesh thick in the centre, white; stem horizontal, 3 inches 



long, \ thick, smooth, white, solid, nearly equal, a little thicker at 

 the base ; gills 4 hues broad, ventricose, rounded behind, free ; spores 

 •0(X)25' long, cystidia urn-shaped. 

 Allied to A. roseo-albus. 



176. A. (Pluteus) fusco-nigricaxs, B. ^ Br. Pileo tenui con- 

 vexo fortiter umbonato atomato-pruinato striato; stipite obliquo 

 albido fistuloso ; lamellis latis ventricosis postice rotundatis liberis 

 (no. 1150, cum icone). 



On dead wood. June 1869. 



Pileus 1 inch across, dark brbwn, convex, strongly umbonate, striate, 

 clothed with powdery particles ; stem 1 inch high, scarcely 1 hne 

 thick, dirty white, listulose; gills 2 lines broad, ventricose, rounded 

 behind, free ; spores ovate, '00025' long. 



