558 THE liEY. M. J. BERKELEY A'N'D ME. C. E. BROOME 



Densely gregarious; pileus | inch across, white, campanulate, with a 

 papilla^form umbo, of a pale umber, deeply striate; stem 1 inch high, 

 curved, fistulose, smooth, with a few reddish hairs at the base ; gills at 

 first w bite, narrow, attenuated behind. 



Habit that of A, disseminatus. 



293. A. (Psathyrella) hiascens, Fr.) Gard. (no. 25, cum icone). 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, June 1844. 



294. A. (Psathyrella) leptosceles, B, 4- Br. Pileo hemispha^rieo 

 acute umbonato subtihter tomentoso usque ad umboncm striate; 

 stipite gracili (no. 7/0). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Sept. 1868. 



Pileus 1 inch across, striated n\) to the acute or elongated and truncate 



umbo; stem 2^-3 inches high, | line thick; gills ventricose, shortly 



adnate; spores egg-shaped, '0003 long. 



Allied to A, hydro^horus, 



295. A. (Psathyrella) auctus, B. 8^ Br, Pileo campanulato hi- 

 spidulo subcinereo umbone papilla;formi albo aucto ; stipite piloso 

 flexuoso fistuloso; lameUis angustis adnatis (no. 17 A, cum icone). 



On dead wood. Peradeniya. Sept. 18G8. 



Pileus I inch across, campanulate, very pale cinereous, clothed with a 

 few short hairs; umbo white, prominent, papillseform ; margin in- 

 clined to split; stem 1| inch high, not a line thick, fistulose, flexuous, 

 white, pilose; gills narrow, ascending, slightly ventricose, adnate; 

 spores elongated, '0005 long. 



Allied to A. disseminatus. There is a smooth, more gregarious 

 form, deeply striate, with the umbo pale umber. Jan. 1869. 



29G. A. (Psathyrella) ctenodes, J3. ^ Br. Pileo campanulato 



usque ad umbonem plicato-striato ; stipite curvo e basi strigosa 



oriundo subtiliter piloso fistuloso ; lameUis carneis aduatis (no. 942**, 

 cum icone). 



On dead wood. Jan. 1869. 



Pileus ^ inch across, campanulate, of a delicate grey, phcato-sulcate 



up the small smooth umbo; delicately pilose, as is the fistulose 



curved stem, which is strigose at the base ; stem 1 inch high, f hne 



thick; gills slightly ventricose, ascending, shortly adnate; cystidia 



large, cylindrical; spores ovate, •00025--00035 long. Dark when 

 dry. 



297. A. (Psathyrella) disseminatus, P. (no. 776; no. 942, cum 



icone) ; Gard, (no. 61, cum icone). 

 Ou dead wood. Peradeniya, July 1844, Sept. 1868, Jan. 1869, 

 Spores -0005 by 1K)0:3. 



