550 THE EET. M. J. BERKELEY X^D MR, C. E. BllOOME 



On the ground. Peradeniya^ Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 1^ inch broad, French-grey, striate, thin, stained with dark specks 

 or blotches, especially in the centre, which is slightly umbonate, but 

 dimpled ; stem 2^ inches high, 1 line thick, stuffed ; ring narrow, 

 white, erect, pinkish grey ; gills ventricose, pink, inclining to cine- 

 reous, l^ line broad; mycelium filamentous; sj)ores '00025' long. 



There are two forms, one of which is less S(juaniulose and even 

 with narrower paler gills. 



256, A, (Psalliota) lituratus, B. 8f Br, Pileo piano tcnui late 

 umbonato liturato ; stipite clavato albo-farcto albo fulvo-tincto ; la- 

 mellis angustis utriuque attenuatis ciuereis (no, 717*? cum icone). 



On the ground. Dec. 1868. 



Pileus 1^ inch across, French-grey, marked with little brown fibrillar, 

 darker in the centre ; stem 2h inches high, 1 line thick in the centre, 

 ■white, stained with tawny; ring descending ; gills narrow^, attenuated 

 at either end, cinereous ; spores '0002' long. 



Closely allied to the last, but apparently distinct. 



257. A. (Psalliota) celidotus, B. ^-Br, Pileo convexo umbonato 

 piloso-squamuloso brunneo ; stipite clavato radicaute fulvo-tincto albo- 

 farcto penetrante ; lamellis falciformibus postice attenuatis brunneis 

 (no. 717**jCum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sep. 1868. 



Pileus Ij inch across, convex, umbonate brown, with darker pilose 

 squamules ; flesh pallid, excci)t above the head of the stem, where 

 it is dark umber ; stem 3 inches high, about 2 lines thick in the centre, 

 clavatc, rooting, stained with tawny spots, stuffed with white; rhi 





small, descending; gills broad in front, attenuated behind. 



There is a dwarf variety, with the pileus whitish, shaded into 

 dark greyish purple, stem white. 



258. A. (Psalliota) chrysocyclus, B, ^' Br. Pileo convexo pa- 

 pillato-umbonato squamuloso, margine floccis aureis picto appendicula- 

 toque; stipite gracili subaequaU nitide aurantiaco-flavo flocculoso e 

 farcto cavo, annulo angusto ; lamellis ventricosis approximatis (no. 70^> 

 cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Aug. 1868. 



Pileus \\ inch across, convex, with a prominent papilteform umbo, 

 white, marked with little scales, which become orange-yellow towards 

 the appendieulate margin ; stem 2 inches high, 1 line thick, flexuous, 

 stuffed, then hollow, thickly clothed wuth orange-yellow flocci, root- 

 ing; gills 1^- hue broad, French-grey, approximate, at length nearly 



black. 



Hygropli 



In 



some respects it resembles A, crocopephis. 



