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Pileus I inch across; spores brown -purple, "0003 long. 



Habit of ^. corticolor. 



283. A. (Psathyra) asceuus, B. ^ Br, Pileo ex hemisphserico piano 

 1. depresso sulcato carneo-griseo ; stipite curvo gracili subtiliter fistu- 



losoalbo; lamellis latis postice rotuudatis adnatis (no. 8/0, cum 

 icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



Pileus I inch across, of a dull pinkish grey, sulcata ; stem 1 inch high, 



i line thick, curved, white; gills Inline wide, pinkish; spores brown- 



purple, '00025 long. 



No 



same species with a brownish pileus and whitish stem. Aug. 

 1S68. 



284. A. (Psathyra) lucipetus, B. i^ Br. Pileo subhemispliserico 

 pallide carneo estriato : stipite curvo glabro fistuloso; lamellis an- 

 gustis ventricosis postice rotundatis adnatis (no. 895, cum icone). 



On dead sticks. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Gregarious ; pileus ^ inch across, nearly hemispherical, white, tinged 

 with pink, darker in the centre, margin slightly crenate ; stem 1 inch 

 high, ^ line thick, curved, of the same colour as the pileus, smooth, 

 fistulose; gills narrow, ventricose, rounded behind, adnate; spores 

 ovate, -OOOS-'OGO-i long. 



There appears to be no trace of a ring ; and, like the last, it 

 allied to A, oltusatus. 



285. A. (Psathyra) porphyrellcs, B. (^- Br. Pileo subcampanulato 

 membrauaceo atro-purpureo estriato ; stipite gracili tubuloso'pallido 

 e basi floccosa oriundo; lamellis ventricosis adnatis (no 1152, cum 

 icone). 



On the ground. June 1869. 



Pileus I inch across, suhcampanulate, purplish, thin ] stem 1 \ inch high, 



not \ a line thick, pallid, with a central cavity ; gills ventricose, 1 



line broad, adnate, purplish ; spores '0002 long. 



Allied to A. strictus, Lasch. 



286. A. (Psathyra) tythus, B. c^ Br. Pileo convexo atro-purpureo 

 atomato ; stipite flexuoso palhdo tubuloso f lamellis ventricosis di- 

 stantibus adnexis carneis (no. 1169, cum icone). 



On the ground. July 1869. 



Pileus ^ inch across, convex, obtuse, at length inverted; flesh rose-co- 

 loured ; stem I inch high, | a hne thick, pallid, yellowish within, with 

 a narrow central channel ; gills few, ventricose, nearly free, pinkish J 

 spores *00025 long. 



This appears, at first siglit, to be a dw arf form of the last ; 



