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nature of the downy coat, fugacious ring, and the bright 
coloured gills. It is also a smaller species. 
146. A. (Armillaria) eurrhizus, n. sp. ; pileo carnoso e sub- 
conico expanso fortiter umbonato cute gelatinosa rugosa 
vestito; stipite sursum attenuato extus cartilagineo; radice 
fusiformi ; annulo e strato externo orto evanescente ; lamellis 
adnexis albis.— Gardner, n. 43. 
Peradenia, Ceylon. On the ground, eaten by the Cingluse. 
June, 1844. 
Pileus at first bel then expanded, 34 snnhes across, 
strongly umbonate, fleshy, covered with a rugose gelatinous 
coat; umbo brown, shaded off into dirty white; margin 
somewhat crenate. ; 
Stem 2 inches high, 4 an inch thick in the centre, clothed 
with a cartilaginous coat attenuated upward, sending down a 
Strong fusiform root into the soil 3 inches long. 
Ring continued from the outer coat visible only in young 
Specimens. 
Gills arcuate, white, adnexed. 
Allied to Agaricus mucidus, with precisely the habit and 
appearance of Ag. radicatus. 
147. A. (Tricholoma) crassus, n. sp. a whe carno- 
Sus pileo convexo obtusissimo glabro luteo-fusco; margine 
sinuato-plicato ; stipite valido solido pallido; lamellis albis 
adnexis primitus postice sinuatis.— Gardner, n. 53.. _ 
On the ground in shady places. Peradenia, Ceylon. 
June, 1844. 
Pileus 8 inches. across, Very fleshy, obtuse, smooth, some- 
times minutely cracked, sometimes splitting longitudinally, 
yellow-brown ; coarsely plicate towards the margin which is 
_ involute. 
. Stem 6 inches high, 14 inch thick, swollen at the base, * es 
. Nearly smooth, dirty white, slightly spotted. i e 
. Gills crowded, not very broad, adnexed, at first sli “a tly 
Sinuated, white. _ . : p^ 
Allied to Ag. colossus, geminus and tumidus; a . most 1 mag- o 
nificent ABocies, peas Io d : v nud 
