ON THE FUNGI OF CETLOK. 553 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus I inch across, convex, suhconical, umbonate, red, clothed more 

 or less partially with fuliginous particles 5 stem 1 J inch high, 1 line 

 thick, red, stuffed with white; gills 1 line across, red, rounded be- 

 hind, shghtly ventricose ; spores "00015 long. 



'As in the last case, there is a forrn with a shorter stem and the 

 margin of tlie pileus fimbriated. 



Var. THYSANOPHOEUS, Pileo convexo rubro fimbriato-uppendiculato ; 



stipite extus intusque concolori albo-farcto; lameUis angustis. 

 Pileus i inch across j stem ^ inch high; gills scarcely -J- a hue across. 



267. A. (Psalliota) subcitbinus, B. ^ Br. Pusillus, gregarius; 

 pileo convexo minute umbonato citrino particuUs nigris consperso ; 

 stipite fiUformi citrino particuUs citrinis obslto; lamellis ventricosis 

 rubris (no. 852, cum icone). 



On decayed vegetable matter. Dec. 1868. 



Gregarious ; pileus J inch across, convex, minutely umbonate, yellow- 

 ish, sprinkled with minute black specks ; stem ^ inch high, } line 

 thick, curved, yellow, dusted with yellow particles ; gills ventricose, 

 red; spores '0002 long, brown-purple. Plant red when dry; ring 

 very fugacious. 



268. A. (Psalliota) myriostictus, B, Sr Br. Gregarius; pileo 

 hemisphgerico obtuso stramineo verrucis minutis pulveraceis obsito ; 

 stipite elongate concolori furfuraceo cavo ; annulo minute furfuraceo ; 

 lameUis stramineis postice rotundatis (no. 833, cum icone). 



On the gi-ound. Nov. 1868. 



Pileus scarcely I inch across, convex, obtuse, straw-coloured, covered 

 with minute pulveraceous brown warts ; stem 2-2^ indies high, I line 

 thick, of the same colour, but paler, with brown specks ; gills straw- 

 coloured, rounded behind, free ; spores 0002 long. 



269. A. (Psalliota) jepipastus, B. 4' Br. Pileo convexo tenul 

 squamuloso flavo-olivaceo pulvere olivaceo insperso ; stipite^concolori 

 stricto pulverulento fistuloso lameUis brunneolis (no. 756, cum 



icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept. 1868. 



Gregarious ; pileus f inch across, convex, thin (except in the centre), 

 vellow-olive, sprinkled, as is the straight fistulose stem (U inch high, 

 I line thick), with olivaceous powder ; ring narrow ; gills slightly ven- 

 tricose, 1 line broad, free; spores 0002 long. 



270. A. (Psalliota) erythrospila, B. 4' Br. Pileo convexo ob- 

 tuso albido punctis rubris pulveraceo ; stipite stricto candido ; annulo 

 erecto; lamellis liberis brunneolis (no. 850, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept., Dec. 1868. 



