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324. H. CERACEus, Fr, 



Var. moscTiatuSy B. 8f Br, (No. &12). 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



The only point in which this differs from the Earo})ean species 

 is the strong musky scent ; " but this may possibly be due to a 

 musk-rat having passed over the plat." 



325. H. PYGMiEUS, B. ^ Br. Pusillus ; pileo coccineo glabro viscose ; 

 stipite subsequali lamelUsque paucis arcuatis decurrentibus palli- 

 dioribus (no. 928, cum icone). 



On very rotten wood. Peradeniya, Jan. 1869. 



Pileus 1-4 lines across, convex, bright scarlet, viscid ; stem 1^-3 lines 



high, \ a line thick, a httle incrassated at the base, smooth, pale, as 



are the distant, arched, decurrent gills. 



326. II. MiNiATus, Fr. (No. 816, cum icone.) 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, Dec. 1868. 



A_ small form resembling Agaricus cocciiiellus^ Ehrb. 



Spores '0003 long. 



327. H. ROSEO-STKiATUS, B. <§' Br. Pileo hemisphserico subcarnoso 

 tenui toto roseo-striato ; stipite compresso fistuloso leevi ; lamellis 

 paucis adnatis planis (no. 812, cum icone). 



On the ground. Dec. 1868. 



Pileus hemispherical, 1 inch across, yellowish, pink marked with salmon- 

 coloured streaks ; stem 2 inches high, \ thick, nearly equal, slightly 

 flexuous, yellowish, with a red tinge ; gills of the same colour as 

 the stem, nearly plane, adnate, few in number. 



The habit is nearly tbat of H, chlorophanus. 



328. H. OBRUSSEUS, Fr.i Gardn. (no. 70). 

 On the ground in woods. July 1844. 



329. 11. coNicus, Ft. (No. 813, cum icone.) 

 On the ground. Peradeniya, Nov. 1868. 



Var. pileo campanulato camoso obtuso luteo nigro-virgato, carne sub 



cuticula cinerascente ; stipite a^quali concolori solido; lamellis at- 

 tenuato-liberis eitrinis. 



330. H, ciNEREUs, B. ^' Br, Pileo conico obtuso cinereo glabro; 

 carne alba; stipite deorsum attenuate farcto glabro candido; la- 

 mellis attenuato-adnexis (no. 1195, cum icone; no. 205). 



On the ground. Jan. 1869. 



Pileus I inch across, conical, obtuse, smooth, cinereous ; flesh in the 

 centre thick, white ; stem 1 J inch high, I thick in the centre, stuffed, 

 white ; gills paUid, slightly ventricose, even, attenuated behind, ad- 

 nexed. 



