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transverse scales which are not visible in the dried spe- 
cimens. 
Stems none. 
Gill moderately broad, purple brown. 
Spores purple brown. 
This species has somewhat the habit of Paxillus Panuoides, 
but it is a true Agaricus distinguished from its allies in the 
section Crepidotus, by purple brown gills and spores. 
153. À. (Psalliota) trachodes, n. sp. ; pileo carnoso e convexo 
expanso demum depresso verrucoso interstitiis sericeis ; 
Stipite sursum attenuato farcto albo; annulo amplissimo 
deflexo ; lamellis angustis subliberis pallidis demum fuscis.— 
Gardner, n. 64. à 
On the ground in shady places.  Peradenia, Ceylon. 
July, 1844. 
 Pileus 44 inches broad, pale reddish brown, at first 
convex, then expanded and depressed, thick and fleshy ; 
epidermis broken up into warty scales, interstices silky. 
Stem 4 inches high, nearly 3 of an inch thick in the 
middle, attenuated upwards, stuffed with loose fibres, at 
length hollow, white, sometimes quite obtuse, sometimes 
rooting. 
Ring an inch broad, deflexed, fugacious. —— 1 
Gills narrow, slightly adnexed, pale yelowish white, at 
length brown. | 
Spores obliquely ovate. 
Nearly allied to A. cretaceus, but with the pileus warty. 
The stem is not the least sunk into the flesh. It has quite 
the appearance of a Lepiota. 
154. À. (Psalliota) simulans, n. sp. ; amplus pileo carnoso 
hemispherico piloso-squamoso centro glabro; margine cre- 
nato; stipite valido sursum attenuato fibrilloso ; annulo 
lacerato fugaci ; lamellis approximatis angustis liberis primum T 
candidis.— Gardner, n. 79. pucr icd 
. On the ground.  Peradenia, Ceylon. August, 1844. —— 
©. Pileus 5} broad, fleshy, hemispherical, obtuse, smooth, — 
