ON THE FUNGI OF CEYLON. 561 



disco laevi umbriuo; stipite flexuoso fistuloso pallulo; lamellis sub- 

 liberis fuscis (no. 1157, cum icone). 



On dead wood. July 1869. 



Pileus 3 lines across, 5 high, pale umber, disk even, much dark, its 

 edges reflected; stem flexuous, 1| inch high, 1 line thick, fistulose, 

 equal, smooth, pale umber, truncate at the base ; gills 1 line wide, 

 umber, then dark brown, slightly ventricose, nearly free ; spores 

 •0003 lon^. 



310. C. SETULosus, B. ^ Br. Pileo cylindrico campanulato ohtuso 

 usque ad discum striato setis fulvis undique obsito ; stipite fistuloso 

 candido sursum attenuato; lamellis angustissimis adnexis (no. 845, 

 cum icone j no. 936). 



Oa dead vegetable matter. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 5 lines high, 2 broad at the base, cylindrico-campanulate, obtuse, 

 striate up to the pale broad disk, beset ever} where with short tawny 

 bristles ; stem 1 inch high, ^ line thick in the middle, white, fistu- 

 lose 5 gills ascending, very narrow, not perfectly developed in the 

 specimens, where they are white and without spores. 



311. C. CASTANEUS, B. ^ Br. Pileo digitaliformi pallide castaneo 

 glabro ; stipite sursum attenuato basi truncato glabro eximie fistuloso ; 

 lamellis angustis ascendentibus adnatis (no. 935, cum icone). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus ^ inch across, % high, pale chestnut, smooth, slightly fleshy ; 

 flesh of the same colour ; stem 3 inches high, 2 lines thick in the 

 centre, incrassated and truncate at the base, smooth, fistulose, white 



without and within; gills scarcely 1 hne broad, pallid. 



As in the last, the spores are not developed. The pileus be- 

 comes of a bright chestnut when dry, 



312. C. FiMBRiATUS, B. ^ Br. Pileo campanulato tomentoso, niar- 

 gine albo-fimbriato ; stipite sequali fistuloso ; lamellis adnatis (nos. 705, 



808). 



On dung. Peradeniya, Aug. 1868. 



Pileus I an inch or more across, campanulate, tomentose, splitting 

 along the back of the gills, fringed with white hairs ; stem 2 inches 

 high, white, equal, fistulose ; gills moderately broad, adnate ; edge 

 white ; spores '0003 long. 



Allied to C. stercorens, 



313. C. PACHYTERUS, B. % Br. Pileo persistenter campanulato pH- 

 cato-sulcato j stipite firmiore ; lamellis arcuatis adnexis (no. 806). 



On the ground. Peradeniya, Oct. 1868. 



Pileus 2 inches across, smooth, phcato-sulcate ; stem 2ji-3 inches high, 

 stouter than in C. pUcatilis ; gills arcuate, adnexed; spores "0006 

 long, darker, larger, and longer than in that species. 



