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On leaves of Commelina nudi flora L., Haputale, November, 

 1917 ; No. 5684 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Porothelium reticulatum n. sp. 



Livid brown when fresh, with a narrow white tomentose 

 margin, widely effused, becoming pallid when dry. Cups 

 close-set, subgelatinous when fresh, uj> to 0*2 mm. diameter, 

 pruinose with white granules ; substratum white, very thin, 

 floccose. Basidia clavate, four-spored. When dry, the 

 fungus cracks into irregular reticulated lines of cups. 



On dead wood, Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 5971 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. Peradeniya, No. 6098, August, 1919, &c. This 

 species was Thwaites 488, which was not named by Berkeley 

 and Broome. Iodine stains the basidial layer yellow, and the 

 walls of the cups brown. 

 Cyphella flagellata n. sp. 



White, obconic, up to 1 mm. high, 0*8 mm. diameter above, 

 villous with upwardly-directed, rigid hairs. Hairs up to 

 O'l mm. long, 4 [>' diameter, verrucose or covered with short 

 blunt processes, terminating abruptly in a thin flageUum. 



On dead leaves, Hakgala, April, 1917 ; No. 5244 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. 



Cyphella grisea n. sp. 



Grayish-white, pruinose, 1'2 mm. diameter, 0"8 mm, high, 

 campanulate, mouth directed downwards, substance subge- 

 latinous, covered with minute tetrahedral or irregular crj'stals, 

 and a few hyaline encrusted hyphse. Basidia clavate, 

 15 X Q [>-. Spores globose, 4 \x diameter, with scattered 

 spines up to 3 [^ long. 



On bark on living trees, Hakgala, December, 1917 ; No. 5509 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Dendrocyphella gen. no v. 



Cujis as in Cyphella, borne on long simple or branching 

 stalks. 



Dendrocyphella setosa n. sp. 



Stalks up to 2 cm. high, 0"2 mm. diameter, simple or 

 repeatedly branched, subulate, black, rigid, clothed with 

 horizontally spreading setae ; cups apical, nutant, campanu- 

 late, up to 1 mm. long, and 0*75 mm. diameter, when fresh 



