374 FETCH : 



with diaphragms of white tissue ; 8 to 16 cm. liigli, 1 to 1 ■ 5 cm. 

 diameter. Veil ample, dependent for about 2 cms., yellow, 

 paler beneath, attached near the apex of the stalk, margin 

 striate. 



Gills pale yellow, distant, adnate, somewhat ventricose, up 

 to 1 • 2 cm. broad, outer ends rounded. Spores white, broadly 

 oval or subglobose, 8-11 x 6-7 f*, with a large gutta. 



Volva cylindric or ovate, usually bilobed, rounded or pointed 

 below, white, floccose, thick but soft, striate internally at the 

 base, substance white ; up to 5 cm. high, 3 cm. diameter. 



On the ground, among grass. A magnificent species, 

 apparently rare. Found recently on two occasions in the 

 same locality at Peradeniya. The pileus is convex, not 

 obtusely umbonate as Berkeley and Broome state ; the margin 

 is not evidently crenate, and the gills are not white. Recent 

 specimens liave been compared with Thwaites' original 

 specimens and paintings. 



The three figures in Linn. Trans., XXVII., pi. 33, are very 

 poor reproductions of the original paintings. The convex 

 outline of the pileus is altered to show an umbo which does not 

 exist in the originals, and the clear crimson and yellow are 

 represented by muddy colours which entirely fail to convey 

 the beauty of the fresh specimens ; the stalk is too thin, and 

 dirty white instead of yellow with reddish blotches ; and the 

 volva is almost entirely brown instead of being white. 



The original description is — " Pileo e campanulato expanse 

 glabro obtusissime umbonato flavo, sursum coccineo, margine 

 sulcato crenato ; stipite farcto (basi excepta attenuata), sub- 

 aequali, pallide flavo, e volva crassa bilobata oriundo ; annulo 

 supero deflexo striato lato ; lamelhs albis segmentiformibus 

 adnexis." 



22. — Amanitopsis endochorda (B. & Br.) Fetch. 



" Agaricus {Amanita) vaginatus Bull.,''' Berk. & Broome in 

 Fungi of Ceylon, No. 2, Joum. Linn. Soc, XI., p. 496. 



A. (Collyhia) endochorda Berk. & Broome, Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 99, Joum. Linn. Soc, XI., p. 519. 



A. (Volvaria) geaster Berk. & Broome, Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 153, Journ. Linn. Soc, XL, p. 530. 



