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303. C. FIBRILLOSUS3 -S. S^' Br, Tileo semiovato squamis innatis 

 fibrillosis obsito; stipite curvo subfloccoso ; lamellis ascendentibus 

 arcuatis fuscis adnexis (no. 940). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 5 inch across; stem 1^ inch high; gills narrow; spores '0002 

 long. 



304. C. MiCRospORus, -B. ^- Br, Pileo campanulato obtuso sqiia- 

 mulis innatis fibrosis vestito ; stipite incurvo fistuloso ; lamellis seg- 

 mentiforraibus pallidis tarde nigricantibus; sporis minimis (no. 1197? 

 cum icone). 



On soil. July 1869. 



Pileus about | an inch across, dirty-white^ campanulate, obtuse, clothed 

 with scattered, innate, fibrous, pale-umber scales ; stem 1| inch high, 

 about a line thick, flexuous, smooth, fistulose ; gills 1 hne broad, 

 ascending, at first white, with a tinge of red, free; spores subelliptic, 

 pale, -00016 long. 



305. C, EXTiNCTORus, Fr, (No. 844 in part ; no. 848, cum icone.) 

 On fragments of decaying vegetables. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



This appears to be a small form of the European species. At 

 least we can find no distinctive characters. The gills are at 

 length of a deep red-brown ; spores narrow, -0001 long ; stem 

 obtuse at the base. 



306. C. ToMENTOSus, Fr. (No. 844 in part, no. 773.) 

 On the ground. Peradeuiya, Dec. 1868. 



307. C. MACROPCS, J5. Sf Br, Pilco campanulato strip.to brurmeo 

 floccis albis secedentibus primum ohsito ; stipite candido fistuloso 

 subradicante glabro ; lamellis angustis segraentiformibus adnexis brun- 

 neis (no. 7B3, cum icone). 



On the ground, 



Dehquescent ; pileus nearly 3 inches across^ at length turned up at the 

 edge; stem 6 inches high, ^ inch thick ; gills 2 hues broad. 



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308. C. RUBECULA, B, <^ Br. Pileo juniore ovato squamulis acutis 

 castaneis ornato, seniore campanulato vix striate ; lamellis ventricosis 

 libcris; stipite fistuloso (no. 1216, cum icone). 



On decaying vegetable matter. Aug. 1869. 



Pileus at first broadly egg-shaped, covered with chestnut-coloured acute 

 scales, and resembling a robin's egg, then campanulate, ^ an inch 

 high, and nearly as much across ; margin scarcely striate, white, with a 

 cinereous tinge, squamulose above; stem 1 inch high, 1 line thick, 

 white, smooth, fistulose; gills ventricosc, free, tinged with red below. 



30y. C. PALLiDus, B. <§' Br, Pileo inacquali subcylindrico pallido, 



