542 THE BET. M. J. BERKELEY AND MK. C. K. BKOOME 



On (lead wood. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus ^ an Inch across, convex, then plane, tawny, clothed with erect 

 acute scales; stem 1 inch high, 1 line thick ; ring floccose, situated 

 near the top, deflexed, tawny from the spores ; gills 1 line broad, ad- 

 nata, arched, tawny ; spores obliquely ovate, '00025' long. 



^^ Belongs to the same section as the two foregoing species. 



213. A. (Flammula) dilepis, .5. •§• Br, Pileo e convexo umbonato 

 depresso luteo squamulis obsito ; stipite curve glabro pallido farcto ; 

 lamellis ventricosis postice sinuatis adnato-decurrentibus flavis (no* 



878, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus |-1 inch across, convex, umbonate, then depressed, sulphur-co- 

 loured, clothed with minute brown scales in the centre, and tawny to- 

 wards the margin ; flesh nearly white ; stem If inch high, 1 line 

 thick, pallid without and within, smooth, slightly swollen at the base; 

 gills 1 line broad, ventricose, sinuated behind, adnato-decurrent, yel- 

 low; spores '00025' long. 



Eescmbles, in some respects, A. Jieliocaes, B. & Br. 



214. A. (Flammula) crocias, B. t^^Br. Csespitosus; pileo convexo 

 squamulis pilosis erectis obsito ; stipite squamuloso ; lamellis adnatis 

 latiusculis croceis (no. 1126). 



On dead wood. Central Provinces, Feb. 1869, 



We have no figure of this species, whicli appears to be very 

 beautiful. Spores *00025' long. Stem sometimes attenuated be- 

 low, sometimes above. 



215. A. (Naucoria) ph^dropis, jB. ^ Br, Pileo e campanulato 

 piano sulcato-striato fulvo ; stipite clavato albido fistuloso ; lamellis 

 {)ostice rotundatis liberis fulvis (no. 890, cum icone). 



On tbe ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus I inch across, at first campanulate, then plane, bright tawny; 

 margin sulcato-striate, crenate ; stem 1^ inch high, 1 line thick, pal- 

 lid, fistulose ; gills ventricose or falciform, rounded behind, free, 

 bright tawny; spores obhquely ovate, 'OOOS-'OOOe' long by •0002'- 

 '0003'. Turns to a vinous red in drying. 



It belongs to Fries's first section, and is a very pretty bright- 

 looking species* 



216. A. (Naucoria) microphues, B. 4* Br, Pileo piano albicante 

 usque ad centrum striate ; stipite filiformi albo basi substrigoso, la- 

 mellis distantibus hberis (no. 1203, cum icone). 



On sandy soil. Peradeniya, July 1869. 



Pileus J inch across, plane, at length white, striate up to the centre ; 

 margin crenate ; stem | inch high, J line thick, filiform ; gills seg- 

 mcntiform, free, or nearly free; spores pure, '0003' long. 



Allied to A, centtmculus. 



