ON XHK rUKGI or CEYLOK. 555 



277. A. (Psilocybe) bullaceus. Bull, (No. 838, cum icone.) 

 On dung. Peradeuiya, Dec. 1868. 



A widely distributed species. We have it from Secuuderabad 

 and tlie United States. The Ceylon specimens liave a perfect 

 ring, but the spores are the same as in tlie ringless specimens. 

 The species evidently varies in this respect as regards European 

 specimens. 



278. A. (Psathyra) spadiceo-griseus, Schaff. (Nn. 71^***, 754, 

 cum iconibus.) 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Aug.-Sep. 1868. 

 Spores -00028"' long. 



279. A. (Psathyra) obtusatus, Fr. (Nn. ^11*, 712, 829, cum 



iconibus.) 

 On dead wood. 



Two forms are figured — one with broader ventricose gills and 

 more conical pileus, the other more campanulate. Spores '0003- 

 ■0004 by '0002--0003. 



280. A. (Psathyra) amaurus, J5. ^' Br. Pileo campanulato brunneo 

 tenui glabro profunda striato-sulcato ; stlpite brevi albido glabro e 

 farcto fistuloso; lamellis ventricosis adnatis purpureo-fuscis (no. 829, 



cura icone)* 

 On dead wood. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 

 Pileus ^-| inch across, campanulate, smooth, thin, deeply sulcato- 



striate ; stem f inch high, 1 hne thick, smooth, fistulose, nearly 



wliite; gills ventricose, adnate, 1^ line broad, brown-purple; spores 



•0003 long. 



281. A. (Psathyra) ochreatus, jB. Sf Br, Pileo conico-subcampa- 

 nulato umbonato e griseo candicante hygrophano subcarnoso: stipite 

 subajquali e farcto cavo cinereo j lamellis angustis adnexis atro-pur- 

 pureis (no. 835****, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya.' 



Pileus I inch high, conico-subcarapanulate, then expanded, umbonate, 

 grey-brown, turning white above, so as to leave abroad zone ne^u- the 

 somewhat lobed margin, smooth, not striate; stem I inch high, 1 

 line thick, cinereous, nearly equal, or slightly dilated above, smooth ; 

 gills I line broad, brown-purple ; spores -00025 long. 



232. A, (Psathyra) efflorescens, B, i^- Br, Gregarius ; pileo hc- 

 misphserico materie saccharina obsito ; stipite curvo tenui e stmto 

 tomentoso candido oriundo ; lamellis adnatis. 

 On dead mossy trunks. Peradeniya, Nov. 18()7. 



