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FETCH : 
longitudinally silky, stuffed, then hollow. Gills cream- 
coloured, yellow when old, distant, rather narrow, decurrent, 
connected by strong veins. Spores white, oval, 7-8 X 4 
On the ground, in flower beds, Peradeniya. 
175. — Cantharellus humilis B. & Br. 
Whole plant 3-5 cm. high. Pileus 3-6 cm., diameter, 
deeply infundibuliform, the hollow extending to the base of 
the stalk, white or pallid, glabrous, margin undulating, some- 
times lobed ; flesh thin. Stalk 1-1*5 cm. high, 3-4 mm. 
diameter, hollow, expanding upwards, white, becoming 
ochraceous when dry, slightly t ornent ose above, strongly 
tomentose below. Lower surface of the pileus white ; gills 
narrow, repeatedly forked, united by numerous veins. Spores 
white, oval, 4x3^. 
On the ground among dead leaves and twigs, which are 
bound together by the mycelium, often cæspitose, Peradeniya. 
176. — Lentinus apalus B. & Br. 
Thwaites’s 725 was divided by Berkeley and Broome into 
two species, Clitocybe candicans Pers. and Lentinus apalus B. 
& Br. The figure was named Clitocybe candicans. The type 
specimens of Lentinus apalus include a group of Lentini, but 
these are correctly marked off by Berkeley as Lentinus mani- 
pularis B. & Br. The remainder of the specimens grew on the 
ground, and they are identical with the Ceylon specimens of 
Clitocybe candicans. 
This species proves to be a Clitopilus, and will stand as 
Clitopilus apalus. It is gregarious, often connate at the base, 
2-3*5 cm. high, with a pileus, 2-3 cm. in diameter, at first 
umbilicate with the outer half plane, then infundibuliform, 
margin incurved, white, smooth, shining, generally circular 
in outline, but sometimes elhptical and undulating at the 
margin. The gills are at flrst white, then faintly pink, decur- 
rent, moderately crowded, narrow. The stalk is about 1 * 5 cm. 
high, 3 mm. diameter, expanding upwards, at first white, 
slightly tomentose, then pinkish, strongly tomentose at the 
base, solid. The spores are dull pink, broadly oval, 5-6 X 4 (jt,. 
It has a strong smell of meal. 
