280 FETCH : 



Among moss, Nuwara Eliya, December, 1917 ; No. 5601 in 

 Herb. Peradeniya. Resembles Oniphalia fibula, but does not 

 become plane. 



Hygrophorus divc-rsicolor n. sp. 



Gregarious, sometimes connate at the base. Pileus up to 

 5 cm. diameter, almost plane, umbilicate in the centre, some- 

 times irregularly infundibulif orm, olive-brown to black-brown, 

 the cuticle broken into minute closely adpressed scales and 

 fibrils, usually perforated in the centre ; flesh yellow. Stalk 

 up to 3' 5 cm. high, 1 cm. diameter, usually flattened and 

 lacunose, expanding upwards or equal, smooth, hoUow, at 

 first greenish-yeUow, becoming pale purple-gray or purple- 

 black. Gills greenish -yellow to ochraceous, distant, ventricose, 

 veined, thick, somewhat dry and brittle, decurrent, the tissue 

 between the gills yellow and contrasting strongly with the 

 purple-gray of the stalk. On the ground, Henaratgoda, 

 July, 1917 ; No. 5226 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Hygrophorus mutabilis n. sp. 



Pileus up to 3 cm. diameter, conical, orange-red, minutely 

 silky striate, margin irregular. Stalk up to 6 cm. high, 5 mm. 

 diameter, equal or slightly attenuated upwards, longitudinally 

 striate, twisted, slightly fibrillose, orange-yellow, paling 

 towards the base, stufEed. Gills pallid, or yellow with a broad 

 pallid edge, becoming lavender with a wliite edge, moderately 

 distant, ventricose, free, but close to the stem. Spores white, 

 globose, 6-8 \i diameter Every part turns black when 

 bruised ; stains paper black. Diflers from H. conicus in the 

 colour of the gills. 



Hakgala, December, 1917 ; No. 5596 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Hygrophorus similis n. sp. 



Pileus up to 2 cm. diameter, hemispherical, crimson or 

 orange-red, sometimes streaked, even, not depressed or 

 umbonate. Stalk up to 3 cm, high, 2 mm. diameter, orange- 

 yellow, glabrous, slightly white tomentose at the base, 

 internally yellow, stuffed. Gills arched, decurrent, orange- 

 yellow, becoming flesh-coloured with a paler edge. Spores 

 white, oblong-oval, 6 X 4 JJ., 



