548 THE REV. M. J BERKELEY AXD ME. C. E. BEOOME 



undulated below, white, slightly tinged or striated with umber, stuffed ; 

 gills 2 lines wide, attenuated at either end, leaving a free space round 

 the top of the stem ; spores '00015' long. 



Compared with A, simulans^ the ring is different, the spores 

 more minute, nor does it become tawny in drying. A. s^iloce- 

 pJialus has broad gills, a descending ring, and is stuffed with loose 

 intricate threads. 



247. A. (Psallxota) endoxanthtjs, B. ^^Br. Pileo e companulato 

 plano-depresso. Epidermide brunuea in squamas squamulasve rupta ; 

 stipite sursum attenuate fibroso-farcto, carne basis nitide flava ; aunulo 

 amplissimo, lamellis postice rotundatis atro-purpureis (no. 787/ cum 

 icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Pileus 3 inches across, at first campanulate, then piano-depressed, 

 pinkish, the brown cuticle broken up into broad or minute scales ; 

 flesh moderately thick, white, stained with brown ; stem 2-3 inches 

 l"gh> s'a inch thick, rather dingy, attenuated upwards, truncate at 

 the base, stuffed with white threads, bright yellow within towards the 

 base; ring large, deflexed, persistent; gills moderately broad, ventri- 

 cose, purple-brown ; spores '0002. 



Nos. 761, 7G2 agree in all points except that the stem is not 

 yellow within. The spores vary from '0002' to '0003' long. 

 Sep. 1868, 



248. A. (Psalliota) actinorachis, B. Sf Br, Pileo convexo car- 

 noso, epidermide in fragmenta radiantia punctata rupta; stipite 

 valido radicante glabro farcto ; annulo magno descendente; laraellis 

 arcuatis postice attenuatis (no. 875, cum icone). 



On the ground. Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 3 inches across, convex, shghtly depressed, fleshy, cuticle brown- 

 ish, broken up into radiating minutely squamulose patches, interstices 

 and flesh white; stem 5 inches high, nearly equal, 7 lines thick, 

 smooth, rooting, not truncate, white, pinkish within, stuffed ; ring 

 large, white, descending; gills arched, nearly 3 lines broad, attenu- 

 ated behind, pinkish ; spores -00026 --0003' long. 



Eesembles in many respects the last ; but the rooting base and 

 gills are different. 



249. A. (Psalliota) simulans, B. Land. Journ. vi. p. 487 ; Gardn. 

 (no. 79) ; Thwaites (no. 764, 698, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Aug. 1844, Sep. 1868. 

 Whole plant tawny when dry. Spores '0003' long. 



250. A. (Psalliota) tornocephalus, B,8fBr. Pileo campanulato 

 nitido demum piano glabro margine incurvo ; stipite sursum atte- 



