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53. — Laschia pustulata B. & Br. 



Laschia 'pustulata B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, No. 534, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, XIV., p. 58. 



■> This species grows gregariously on decaying palm fronds. 

 The whole fungus is vertical or shghtly incHned, the pileus 

 and stalk being in the same plane. The pileus is spathulate 

 or orbicular, convex, 4 to 5 mm. long, 3 to 5 mm. broad, thin, 

 glabrous, tessellated with grooves which correspond with the 

 lines of insertion of the gills, white at first, then cream coloured, 

 finally deep crimson. The pileus merges below into the stalk, 

 which is 2 to 5 mm. liigh. 0*5 mm. diameter at the base, 

 expanding upwards to 1 mm. diameter, glabrous, white, then 

 cream, finally deep red : the base of the stalk is bulbous, and 

 surrounded by a circular white tomentose disc about 2 mm. 

 diameter. The giUs are few in number, usually three running 

 from the stalk, forking at their outer ends, and united by deep 

 veins : they are at first white, then cream coloured with a 

 brownish edge, and finally pink or pale red with a deep red edge. 

 The spores are white, oval, shghtly inequilateral, strongly 

 guttulate, pointed at both ends, 9-13 x 7 p, sometimes 

 subglobose, 9 X 7 f , or 8 /* diameter. The whole fungus is 

 subgelatinous at first, and becomes glutinous when old. 



The figure of Laschia pustulata in Cooke's Handbook of 

 Austrahan Fungi bears no relation whatever to this species. 

 The original painting, and the ty^e specimens, are in the 

 Peradeniya herbarium. 



54. — Laschia (Favolaschia) bispora Holtermann, 

 " Cantharellus capensis Berk." (in part) in Fungi of Ceylon, 

 No. 350, Journ. Linn. Soc, XIV., p. 33. 



Favolaschia bispora Holtermann. Mykol. Untersuchun- 

 gen, p. 105 (name only) ; Taf., XL, Fig. 5a-b. 



Thwaites' figure of this species was named " Cantharellus 

 capensis Berk." by Berkeley and Broome. The following 

 description is drawn up from fresh specimens which agree 

 exactly with the figure. It is of course quite distinct from 

 the original Cantherellus capensis described by Berkeley from 

 South Africa, since it is not villous and not stalked. Holter- 

 mann' s figure and his comparison with Marasmius campanella 



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