480 DECADES OF FUNGI. 
considerable, and as the collection contains scarcely any of 
Kónig's species, who was principally in a different part 
of the island from what Mr. Gardner has visited, we may 
expect a rich harvest of additional forms, when the whole 
island shall be explored. Though the collection is rich in 
species, there is only one new genus in the collection; but 
that most interesting and curious. The fleshy Fungi, as 1s 
usual, are often identical with European forms, but there are 
many, especially of the sub-genus Lepiota, which are distinct. 
* Agaricus procerus, Scop. Carn. 418. Gardner, n. 99. 
On the ground in shady places. Peradenia, Ceylon. Sept. 
1844. 
141. A. (Lepiota) continuus, n. sp. ; pileo membranaceo € 
campanulato convexo, obtuso candido ; epidermide unita 
glabra; margine crenato sulcato ; stipite deorsum incrassato 
pulverulento, lamellis remotis postice subreticulatis. Gardn. 
n. 29. 
On the ground in shady places. Peradenia, Ceylon. June 
1844. 
Pileus nearly 4 inches across at first campanulate with the — 
apex flat, then convex and umbonate with the margin mem- 
branaceous crenate and sulcate. Cuticle smooth, white, no 
at all cracked. : ; 
Stem 5 inches high, 4 of an inch thick, pallid, incrassated - 
downwards, pulverulent ; ring, if present, extremely fuga- eH 
cious gills, white remote rather distant reticulated behind. 
Distinguished from its allies by its perfectly smooth con- 
tinuous cuticle, and the gills which are reticulated behind. , 
.. 142. A. (Lepiota) Zeylanicus, n. sp. ; pileo subcarnoso cam- sd 
panulato umbonato: epidermide ad medium diffracta ; ne 
. margine striato ; stipite æquali farcto glabro radicante ; d 
. annulo angusto patulo; lamellis latis ventricosis remotis.— 
Gardn. n. 15. | XX qua 
In shady places on the ground.  Peradenia. June  — 
= 1844. uie cm mm | Dp Hat 
.  . Pileus above 3 inches broad, subcarnose 
