oy THE FUjrar or ceylon. 543 



217. A. (Naucoria) abjectus, B. 4* Br. Pilco e campanulato de- 

 presso tenui striato livido griseove ; stipite gracili subtiliter fistuloso; 

 latnellis ventricosis luteis (no. 897, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus §-^ inch across, campanulate, then plane or slightly depressed, 

 brownish livid, deeply striate; stem |-1 inch high, not half a line 

 thick, of the same colour, fistulose ; gills about half ahne broad, clay- 

 coloured, ventricose, adnexed; spores '0003' long. 



There is a variety (uo. 897*, cum icone) with a grey pileus and 

 rather broader gills and a more slender stem, vs^hich is dark at the 

 base. 



218. A. (Naucoria) pygm^us. Bull (No. 945.) 



On rotten wood, Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 2-S Unes across ; stem springing from a floccose disk. 



219. A. (Naucoria) pelidnus, B. 8f Br. Pileo conico livido, margine 

 phcato crenato ; stipite concolori sursum dilatato rosco-farcto; lamellis 

 ventricosis ascendentibus rubro-rufis (no 854*, cum icone). 



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



Pileus i inch across, conical, smooth, pinkish, shaded with livid blue ; 

 margin plicate ; stem f inch high, of the same colour, stuffed with 

 pink matter; gills ventricose, ascending, adnexed, reddish ; spores 



•0003' long. 



Somewhat resembling a small form of A. cucumis. 



220. A. (Naucoria) cerodes, Fr.\ Gardner. (No. 713, cum icone.) 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, May 1844. 



221. A. (Naucoria) pediades, Fr.y var. major. (No. 713, cum 



icone.) 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, Gardner, Thwaites, Aug.-Sep. 1868. 



Pileus U-2^ inches across, even, pitted, umbonate. It has a strong 

 scent of meal. Spores '0005' by '0004'. 



222. A. (Naucoria) semiorbicularis. Bull. (No, 839, 930, cum 



iconibus.) 

 On the ground amongst micaceous soil. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Spores -0004' long. 



223. A. (Naucoria) crobulus, Fr. (No. 857, cum icone.) 

 On dead wood. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Spores •00035'--0004' long. 



224. A. (Naucoria) furfuraceus, P. (No. 1182, cum icone ; no. 93.) 

 On dead wood. June 1869. 



Spores 00028' long. 



We consider this a form of the common species. 



