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259. A. (Psalliota) lepiotoides, B. 8f Br, Pileo campanulato 

 tenui squamis minutis sursum nigris deorsnm dilutioribus vestito; 

 stipite curvo basi bulbilloso, annulo erecto ; lamellis ventricosis po- 

 stice attenuatis liberis (no. 1196, cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Pileus 1 inch or more across, campanulate, thin, clothed with small 

 scales, which are black at the apex and brownish towards the margin ; 

 stem 1^ inch high, 1^ line thick, equal, with the exception of the 

 bulb-hke base, nearly white, reddish within, hollow ; gills 1 line or 



more wide, brown, slightly ventricose, attenuated behind, free ; spores 

 •00025' long. 



It has somewhat the habit of a Goprinus, 



260. A, (Psalliota) rhodochrous, B. ^ Br, Pileo primum ovato 

 dein conico-campanulato umbonato subcarnoso carneo; stipite glabro 

 albo-farcto intus extusque rubro ; lamellis liberis sanguineis (no. 744,- 



cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sep. 1868. 



Pileus 1^-H inch across, at first ovate, then conico-campanulate, um- 



bonate, fleshy, of a beautiful flesh-colour; stem 2 inches high, 1 hne 



or more thick, red within and without, stuffed with white ; ring ami)le, 



descending; gills blood-red, more or less ventricose, attenuated be- 

 hind in the more conical form, truncate in a form in which the pileus 



is more expanded, the stem equal, and the ring far more fugitive ; 



spores '0002 long, brown-purple. 



261. A. (Psalliota) argixeus, B. Sf Br. Pusillus; pileo campa- 

 nulato umbonato glabro substriato albido; stipite flexuoso filiformi 

 concolori; lamellis ventricosis carneis (no. 900, cum icone). 



On the ground. Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 5 lines across, campanulate, umbonate, dirty white, smooth. 



slightly striate; stem If inch high, not | line thick, flexuous, fistu- 

 lose : gills narrow, ventricose, flesh-coloured, nearly free; ring fuga- 

 ceous, situated in the middle of the stem ; spores '0002 long. Turns 

 red in drying. 



Habit that of a Mycena. 



No. 723 appears to be a var., gregarius pileo candido subfloc- 

 coso, lamellis pallide umbrinis. Peradeniya, Aug. 18G8. 



262. A. (Psalliota) microcosmus, B, 8f Br. Pusillus, gregarius; 

 pileo campanulato late umbonato glabro ; stipite curvo cavo, annulo 

 descendentej lamellis ventricosis pallide rulms (no. 1156, cum 



icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Gregarious; pileus 2 lines high, white, campanulate, strongly umbo- 

 nate, umbo reddish brown ; flesh thick in the centre, very thin to- 



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