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but in two gatherings they are 11 to 17 M and 15 to 17 M 

 respectively. The bands on the spore are often somewhat 

 broken, and in many cases it, is difficult to decide whether the 

 gathering should be assigned to T. affinis or T. persimilis. 



Peradeniya, Gangaruwa, Bandarawela, Talawakelle, Hak- 

 gala, Pattipola. 



Trichia persimilis, Karst. 



Trichia sulphur ea, Massee, Men., p. 186. 



Not so common as T. affinis, and in most cases showing an 

 approach to that species in having some spores regularly 

 banded. In one gathering the longest elaters are about 

 200 , but the majority are only 40 /^, and some only 15 ^ long, 

 resembling a spore with three spines. 



Hakgala, Pattipola, Wattegaraa, Hunugalla. 



Trichia scabra, Rost. 



" Tri<^ia chrysosperma, DC," in B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 778. 



Berkeley and Broome's No. 778 in Herb. Peradeniya consists 

 of a bright orange-yellow mass of crushed sporangia on a brown 

 hypothallus ; the elaters are spinulose, with bands in manj' 

 places irregular, and some of them terminate in two or three 

 spreading points ; the spores are 10 to 12 a< diameter, minutely 

 reticulated. In a recent gathering tlie spores are 10 ^| 

 diameter, with scattered warts ; tlie spore wall appears tliicker 

 on one side ; the elaters are 6 /^ broad, with five narrow regular 

 bands and short spines, and their tips end abruptly in a short 

 point. In two other gatherings the spores are reticulated, 

 11 to 12 /u diameter, and some of the elaters liave bulbous ends. 



Hakgala. 



Trichia varia, Pers. 



Typical stalked and sessile forms are fairly common in the 

 jungle at Hakgala (5,600 feet). It lias not been found at lower 

 elevations. 



Trichia fallax, Pers, 



Fairly common at Hakgala. Plasmodium rose coloured ; 

 elaters terminating in long tapering points, and frequently 

 giving off similar points laterally ; spores 9 to 10 i^ diameter. 



