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Geaster velutinus Morgan. No. 2931, Peradeniya, 

 September, 1909. No. 3388, Peradeniya, January, 1912, 

 No. 3972, Hakgala, April, 1914. No. 5572, Hakgala, 

 December, 1917 ; in this gathering some specimens do not 

 exceed 1 * 5 cm. in diameter when expanded, and unexpanded 

 specimens are distinctly flask-shaped. 



Bovista velutina B. & Br., described in Fmigi of Ceylon, 

 No. 715, from Thwaites 195, is unexpanded Geaster velutinus 

 in Herb. Peradeniya ; and the specimens recorded by 

 Berkeley and Broome as G. minimum Sch., from Thwaites 

 1009, are the same species. Lloyd (Myco. Notes, 17, p. 

 182) refers to the type of Bovista velutina at Kew as an 

 unopened Geaster. 



Geaster saccatus Fries. No. 2141, Peradeniya, July, 1906 ; 

 det. Lloyd. No. 2620, Peradeniya, July, 1908. No. 2622, 

 Peradeniya, August, 1908. Warriapolla, January, 1918. 



This species was correctly recorded by Berkeley and 

 Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 707, from Thwaites 184. 

 The specimens are, in part, G. saccatus in Herb. Peradeniya, 

 but the collection included G. mirabilis, and, apparently, 

 G. velutinus also. 



Lanopila. 



Lanopila bicolor (Lev.). This was recorded by Berkeley and 

 Broome as Bovista bicolor in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 713, from 

 Thwaites 727. There are specimens of this gathering in 

 Herb. Kew and Herb. Peradeniya, and Lloyd (Myco. 

 Notes, 18, p. 190) states that specimens from Ceylon are 

 to be found in European museums. It has not been 

 collected recently, and is apparently rare at Peradeniya. 



Lasiosjplisera. 



Lasiosphsera Fenzlii Reichardt. The specimen recorded as 

 Bovista lilacina by Berkeley and Broome in Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 712, from Thwaites 1010, is Lasiosphsera Fenzlii in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. The Peradeniya specimen is a section of a 

 subturbinate example, 8 cm. high, with a sterile base 3 • 5 cm. 

 high . It is not fully mature , and the spore ma ss is pa ler than 

 in the ripe form, but it has the usual capillitium and spores, 

 the former nearly hyaline and the latter yellow-brown. 



