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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, 
No. 6.] (1912, 
XXIX.—FUNGI EXOTICI, XIV. 
G. Masser. 
The following new species of indian Fungi have been sent to 
Kew by Mr. Burkill from Calcutta. The specimens were very well 
“preserved, and were accompanied by coloured drawings by Mrs. 
Burkill and notes so that it has been possible to draw up descrip- 
tions under particularly favourable conditions. 
AGARICACEAE. 
Lepiota mimica, Massee. Pileus carnosulus, campanulato-expansus, 
_umbone valde prominente praeditus, longitudinaliter sericeo-fibril- 
losus, margine fimbriatus, siccus, albido-caesius, versus umbonem 
brunneus, 3-5 cm. latus. Stipes subcavus, sursum attenuatus, 
fibrillosus, glabrescens, pallido-fuscescens, 5-6 cm. longus ; annulus 
-albidus. Lamellae confertae, approximatae, latae, ex albido fusces- 
centes. Sporae ellipsoideae, albidae, 8 x 5 yu. 
Inpra. Calcutta: Maidan. On decaying mown grass, 
E. M. Burkill, 31. 
n many respects closely resembling Lepiota mastoidea, Fries. 
Distinguished by its smaller size and crowded gills, which are only 
just free from the stem. 
” Lepiota punicea, Massee. Pileus carnosulus, campanulato-expansus, 
puniceo-lutescens, flocculoso-squamosus, o squamoso-hirtus, 
1°5-2 cm. latus. Stipes aequalis, fibrilloso-floccosus, pileo concolor, 
3-4. cm. longus, circa 2 mm. Crassus ; annulus mox evanidus. 
‘Lamellae confertae, postice rotundato-liberae, ex alhko luteolae. 
Sporae subglobosae, oblique apiculatae, 5 x 4 m. een 
Inp1a. Calcutta: Secretary’s Walk, £. M. Burkill, 23. oe 
Allied to Lepiota cinnabarina, Alb. and Schw., differing in its 
“smaller size, deciduous ring and subglobose spores. _ : 
‘ Lepiota flavophylla, Massee. Pileus e convexo planus, sericeus, 
‘albidus, squamulis compressis brunneis variegatis, 2 cm. latus. Stipes 
(24677—6a.) Wt. 189808, 1125. 7/12. D&S. 
