300 ~ FETCH : 



cuticle, somewhat mottled ; margin incurved, finally expanded, 

 not striate. Flesh white, thick. 



Stalk 3-5-4 cm. high, 1-1-4 cm. diameter at the base, 

 expanding upwards into the pileus, solid, red, or red-brown, 

 minutely scurfy, the scurf extending over the lower edges of 

 the gills. 



Gills rather distant, decurrent, narrow, cream-coloured, 

 becoming browTiish when old, separating as in Paxillus 

 involutus, not brittle. 



Spores ochraceous, verrucose, narrow-oval, with a stout 

 api cuius, 11-12 X 6-7 /«• 



On the ground among Strobilanthes , sp., in jungle at 

 Hakgala. 



Boletus rubescens, Fetch, n. sp. — Pileus broadly convex, 

 soon undulating and margin repand ; at first reddish or yeUow 

 browTi, minutely tomentose, then with the cuticle broken into 

 polygonal yellow brown or red brown areolae, showing the pale 

 yellow flesh between, dry ; 6-15 cm. diameter ; flesh thick, pale 

 yellow. Pore surface at first pale yellow, then greenish 

 yellow; pores angular, aculeate, up to 3 x 2 mm., decurrent, 

 terminated on the stem by a well defined fine , which is at first 

 translucent, then dark gray. 



Stalk 3-5-5-5 cm. high, 1-5-2 -5 cm. diameter, attenuated 

 at the base, grayish white, minutely tomentose, not reticu- 

 lated, solid, internally white at first, then pale yellow. 

 Spores pale oHve browTi, obliquely ovate, 6-7 x 4 //• 

 The flesh of the pileus changes slo\vly when cut first to blue, 

 then red ; the pores turn slightly blue where bruised, and 

 become red-broAvn in drying ; the stalk becomes red-brown 

 when handled ; the mycelium is white, but turns brick-red on 

 exposure. 



On the ground, among grass, Peradeniya. 

 Irpex destruens, Petch, n. sp. — Resupinate, spreading in 

 large patches, then producing horizontal pilei, either at the 

 margin or anywhere on the resupinate patch. Resupinate 

 portion indeterminate, or bordered by a broad white sterile 

 margin. Pilei elongated, or orbicular, or flabelhform, attached 

 by thoir whole length, or narrowed behind, confluent or 

 sohtary, often imbricated, up to 2 cm. wide. At first white 



