1920.] Records of Agaricaceae from Bengal. 349 
4. Collybia albuminosa (Berk), Petch. 
(Plate XVIII, fig. 4). 
A heirbuhon, and Habitat.—Found on termite nests at Pera- 
deniya, Ceylon; now for the first time reported from the 
interior of fae district in July 1918 and from Hooghly 
district in July 1920, growing directly and suddenly from damp 
ground in rainy season. Edible ae eee eaten by villagers, 
called by local ates ‘* Patal Kon 
Pileus.—With a long stalk, in ae shape of open umbrella, 
with a viscid cuticle and distinct umbo at the pots grayish- 
white, surface soft and smooth, diameter about 5 
Stalk.—Of the same colour as the cap, allow. central, 
smooth, base broader, apex eee: not very delicate, about 
123 cm. long. 
Gills.—Free, crowded, narrow, gray coloured, basal ends 
of gills obtuse 
Margin Almost entire, 
Spores,—Oval, pink, 9x 6 », some almost hyaline, oval, 
8x 5p. 
Cystidia.—Present. 
5 Pleurotus flabellatus, B. and Br. 
(Plate XVIII, figs. 5 and 5a). 
Distribution and Habitat—Found on dead wood at Pera- 
deniya, Ceylon, Venezuela, Central America, and South Africa ; 
now reported from Hooghly ¢ istrict, Bengal, in rainy season in 
ony eo August, growing several together i in an imbricate man- 
er, dead branches of trees, on dead logs, some arising 
dircetly. from the ground. Having 0 Loupe or very short 
black ae which is tougher than the cap. 
Gills —Narrow, crowded, of the same colour as the cap, 
looking much crumpled. 
Margin.—Entire. ‘ 
Spores.—White, oval, 6x 4-5 », some round, diameter 
Cystidia.—None. 
