384 Rev. M. J. Berkeley on Fungi XXXIV. — Notices of Fungi collected in Zanzibar , in 1884, by Miss R. E. Berkeley. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, F.R.S. 1. Agaricus (Lepiota) missionis, B. Pileo campanulato fortiter papillato-umbonato, demum expanso, sericeo, squamu-loso, cito glabrescente ; margine striato ; stipite sequali, basi incrassato subglabro ; annulo amplo remoto ; lamellis ventri-cosis postice rotundatis, liberis ; carne secta rubra (no. 10). Nov. 7. Eaten by the natives (" Uoga ") ; good to eat. Pileus when campanulate about 2 inches across, when ex-panded 4 inches, white with a slight yellowish tinge; stem 3 inches high, \ thick, stained with red here and there, as well as when divided ; gills £ inch wide. Approaching some allied exotic Lepiotce, but distinct from any of the Ceylon species. Spores white, rather large; some specimens in drying become dark brown. 2. A. (Lepiota) rhodocepkalus, B. Pileo rosello sericeo, mi-nute tessulato, centro depresso lgetiore, margine striato ; stipite candido basi incrassato, anguste farcto ; lamellis albis antice latis, postice attenuatis subremotis ; annulo remoto (no. 7) . In tilled land, growing singly, but in great abundance. Eaten by the natives. Nov. 6. Pileus depressed, of a beautiful rosy-cream colour, which is much deeper in the centre ; the cuticle minutely tessulated, 3 inches across ; margin striate ; stem 2 inches high, about | inch thick, incrassated at the base, ring deciduous, firm, with a narrow cavity ; gills f inch broad in front, attenuated behind, and subremote. A very pretty species, with much the appearance of the rose-coloured form of A. lividus as figured by Cooke, tab. 469. 3. A. (Clitocybe) vagus, B. Candidus ; pileo expanso undulato lobato flexuoso, centro furfuraceo-squamuloso, gla-bescente ; margine tenui ; stipite basi ramoso brevi solido ; lamellis longe decurrentibus angustis (no. 13). Nov. 17. On sandy soil. Pileus 5 inches across, much undulated, with a flexuous margin, flesh thin; stem \\ inch high, | thick, solid, spa-ringly branched towards the base ; gills linear, very decurrent, scarcely more than a line in breadth, but broader on one side of the pileus than the other. A species evidently belonging to Fries's section Difformes. It does not accord with any of his species. 4. Hiatula Benzoini, Fr. Hym. Eur. p. 136 ; Ic. tab. 79. fig. 2 (no. 16). Dec. 4.
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