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FETCH : 
sulphureis, liberis, confertis, posteriore rotundatis, æqualibus 
vel ventricosis, fracto viridescentibus. Sporis pallide flavis 
late ovalibus, uno apice attenuatis, 5-8 X 3-4 [jl. 
Tricholoma spongiosum n. sp. 
Pileus 15 cm. diameter, almost plane, slightly umbonate, 
undulating, with a cuticle of radiating innate black-brown 
fibrils, blackening here and there, split in the centre into 
minute areolæ. Flesh white, thin, spongy. Stalk 6 cm. high, 
attenuated upwards, 2*5 cm. diameter below, 1*75 cm. dia 
meter above, slightly rooting, blackish-brown or livid brown 
below, becoming paler above, sprinkled with minute brown 
points, solid, white, and spongy internally. Gills white, 
distant, broad (2 cm.), slightly attenuated outwards, sinuate, 
with a decurrent tooth, strongly ridged and veined above, 
edge irregular. Spores white, broadly oval, 5-7 X 3-5 (jl. 
Hakgala, April, 1912 ; No. 3535 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Pileo 15 cm. diam., fere piano, sub-umbonato, undulato, 
filnillis innatis, nigrobrunneis radiantibus ornato, hie illic 
nigrescente, centro minute areolato. Carne alba, spongiosa. 
Stipite 6 cm. alt., sursum attenuate, basi 2*5 cm. diam., 
supra 1*75 cm. diam., subradicante, nigrobrunneo, sursum 
pallescenti, minutis brunneis punctis sparse, solide, intus albo, 
spongioso. Lamellis albis, remotis, latis (2 cm.), exteriore 
subattenuatis, sinuato-decurrentibus, valde venosis, acie 
irregulari. Sporis albis, late ovalibus, 5-7 X 3-5 [jl. 
Clitocybe nigra n. sp. 
Pileus at first conico-campanulate, margin incurved ; then 
expanded, plane or répand, undulating, up to 7 cm. diameter. 
Young specimens black, minutely tomentose ; full-grown 
specimens black or black-brown in the centre, sordid brown, 
mottled with black streaks and patches, elsewhere, sometimes 
grayish -brown towards the margin, minutely sprinkled with 
blackish particles. Flesh white, thick over the stalk. Stalk 
white, blackening when handled, becoming gray when old, 
sometimes strongly ridged longitudinally, scurfy, solid, up to 
9 cm long, 1 cm. diameter. Gills white, broad, rather distant, 
adnato decurrent or decurrent, the united gills sometimes 
