DECADES OF FUNGI. 493 
deorsum nigrescente; lamellis latiusculis subintegris vix 
echinulatis decurrentibus distantiusculis.—Gardner, n. 116. 
On fallen trees. Point de Galle, Ceylon. April, 1844. 
Pileus 2 inches or more broad, subinfundibuliform, clothed 
sparingly with furfuraceous scales, which gradually fall off, 
and leave the surface nearly naked, but virgate. 
Margin scarcely involute. 
Stem slender, rigid, black at the base, 1 inch or more high, 
dilated at the summit. 
Gills rather distant, decurrent, slightly forked behind, 
nearly entire, scarcely at all echinulate. 
Nearly allied to L. crinitus, Berk. (A. crinitus, L.), which 
it resembles in the gills, but differs in many essentials. 
*L. pergameneus. Lév. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 3, Séc. Vol. 5, 
p.11. 
On decaying wood. Point de Galle, Ceylon. 
There is a species marked n. 107 in Mr. Gardner's collec- 
tion which is allied to L. anthocephalus, Lév.; but has 
broader gills. The specimens are unfortunately too much 
injured by insects to admit of their being described. 
162. L. giganteus, n. sp.; maximus, pileo convexo um- 
brino Squamulis depressis saturatioribus maculato; centro 
Crasso; margine primum involuto tenui sulcato pallido; 
Süpite sursum valde incrassato subvelutino solido radicante ; 
lamellis arcuatis subdistantibus integris longe decurrentibus 
albis. (Tan, XVII. XVIII. f. 2).—Gardner, n. 58. 
On the ground. Hautane Range, Ceylon. July, 1844. 
Pileus 8 inches across, at first convex, with the margin 
Strongly involute, at length nearly plane in the centre, then 
Contracted, with the margin slightly expanded; umber- 
brown, thickly spotted with darker adpressed scales ; margin 
» pale, smooth, sulcate. T 
Stem 3 inches or more high, about an inch thick in 
the centre, expanded above, solid, pale, rather velvety, — 
E > moderately broad, rather distant, strongly arched, 
