224 FETCH : THE FUNGI 



which it was described shows the secondary veil clearly. 

 Another error arises in the transcription into Saccardo, where 

 the stem thickness. 1 inch, is changed to 2 millimetres. 

 There is probably a similar error in the length of the stem of 

 Armillaria eurhiza. 



This digression may serve to mitigate doubts which must 

 arise as to the validity of the supposition that the quoted 

 descriptions refer to the same species. Instances might be 

 multiplied almost indefinitely from the Ceylon fungus flora. 

 It must be remembered that the describer of dried agarics 

 works with a limited number of specimens and that these are 

 often abnormal : he may too, when dealing with tropical 

 fungi, meet with changes of form and colour which he would 

 not expect from his previous experience and so create two or 

 three species from one gathering. 



With these facts in mind, the following descriptions may be 

 considered. The only points which throw doubt on their 

 inclusion with Pluteus Rajap are the small size of the pileus 

 and the diameter of the stalk. With regard to the former 

 there is the parallel case of Flammula Janseana. whose 

 pileus is said to be 4^6 cm. diameter, whereas it may be " the 

 size of a dinner plate.'' Can we suppose that the collector 

 merely gathered those which were convenient for transport ? 



Fluff us Trcubianus, P. Henn. et E. Nym. Naturw. 

 Wochenschr. XIV. (1899), p. 28: Monsunia I. (1899) p. 19. 



Pileo carnuloso, campanulato-explanato, vertice conico- 

 umbonato, radiatim substriato, Bubaquamuloso, pallida 

 hrunneo, 4-6 cm. diam.: stipite fare to, oylindraceo, graoili, 

 l'1 abro, levi, interdum Hexuoso v. eurvato, usque ad 12 cm. 

 longo, |-1 cm. crasso, albido : lamellia Bubliberis, latis. pallidia, 

 'it-Hi flavo-oamesoentibua ; basidiia elavatis; sporissubglobosis, 

 L'rosse 1-guttulatis, 5£-6| n diam., incarnatis. 



Ad oidos Termitum in hortu Bogoriensi ins. Jam (E. 

 N'vrnan). Odor et sapor urati. 



Immature spores of this size and shape are frequently 

 lound among the larger sporee <>i I'luti US Bajap, and there is 



