Additions to Ceylon Fungi. 
BY 
T. FETCH, B.A., B.Sc. 
^T^HE fungi enumerated in the following list have been 
collected in Ceylon during recent years. Some of them 
have been recorded previously in various journals and reports, 
and are included here for convenience of reference. 
Hymenomycetæ. 
Agaricaceæ. 
Lepiota vlridiflava n. sp. 
Pileus almost plane, obtusely umbonate, up to 2*5 cm. 
diameter, dark green in the centre, elsewhere greenish-yellow 
or sulphur-yellow, with thin dark green patches and minute 
green points, which are slightly viscid when moist and shining 
when dry ; margin strongly appendiculate, not striate. 
Flesh yellow, rather thick, turning green when cut. Stalk 
2*5-3 cm. high, 3 mm. diameter in the middle, attenuated 
upwards, base curved and slightly inflated, greenish -yellow 
or„ sulphur-yellow, fibrillose, with dark green striæ towards 
the base, hollow, lined with white fibres, flesh yellow. Gills 
greenish-yellow or sulphur-yellow, free, crowded, rounded 
behind, equal or ventricose, turning green when bruised. 
Spores pale yellow, broadly oval, somewhat tapering towards 
one end, 5-8 X 3-4 [x. 
On the ground in flower beds, Peradeniya, July-November, 
1909. 
Pileo fere piano, obtuse umbonato, ad- 2*5 cm. diam., 
centre fusco-viridi, alibi viridi-flavo vel sulphureo, punctis 
minutis viridibus et squamulis tenuibus fusco-viridibus 
ornatis, margine valde appendiculato, estriato. Carne flava, 
crassiuscula, secto viridescenti. Stipite, 2*5-3 cm. alt., medio 
3 mm. diam., sursum attenuate, basi curvato et leniter 
inflate, viridi-flavo vel sulphureo, flbrilloso, ad basim striis 
fusco-viridibus, cavo, carne flava. Lamellis viridiflavis vel 
Annals of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Vol. VI., Part III., June, 1917. 
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