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On the ground in jungle, Hakgala, January, 1918 ; No. 5580. 

 The colour of the pileus resembles that of U. roseostriatus, but 

 that of the gills is different. It does not blacken when bruised. 



Russula fusco-grisea n. sp. 



Pileus up to 8 cm. diameter, almost plane, centre depressed, 

 blackish-gray or blackish-brown in the centre, elsewhere gray 

 or brownish-gray, paling towards the margin, with a viscid 

 separable pellicle ; margin strongly tuberculato-striate. 

 Flesh white, spongy. Stalk white, equal, expanding slightly 

 at the apex, dry, slightly shining, solid, up to 4 cm. high, 1"3 

 cm. diameter. Gills white, becoming faintly cream, discoloured 

 where bruised, fragile, distant, adnate or sinuato-adnate, 

 sometimes forking near the stem, lower edge straight or slightly 

 arcuate. Spores white, oval or globose, echinulate, with a 

 rather long apiculus, 6-8 X 5 [i. 



On the ground, Hakgala, August, 1918 ; No. 5788 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Cantharellus decurrens n. sp. 



Pale ochraceous, orbicular, about 6 mm. diameter, plane or 

 repand, minutely rugose ; lower surface slightly darker than 

 the upper. Stalk lateral, but with the pileus descending on 

 either side, short, attenuated below, minutely pruinose. Gills 

 few, simple or forked, narrow, edge obtuse. 



On dead twigs, Henaratgoda, September, 1917 ; No. 5347 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Phlebophora hyalina n. sp. 



Pileus hemispherical or campanulate, up to 5 mm. diameter, 

 depressed in the centre, membranous, whitish hyaline, radially 

 silky, margin fimbriate, lower surface even. Stalk hyaline, 

 translucent, tomentose, expanding sHghtly at the apex, curved, 

 up to 5 mm. high, O'5-l mm. diameter. Basidia clavate, 

 24: X 5 ]x, four-spored. Spores oval, inequilateral, apiculate, 

 white, 7 X 4 jx. 



On rotten wood, Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 5951 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Lenzites japonica Berk. 



Peradeniya, November, 1916 ; No. 4956 (det. Lloyd). 



