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OF AUSTRALIAN FUNGI— coiUinued. 



Habitat. 



W.A. 



S.A. 



N.S.W. 



(-iciiL-ral Oliai-acLci-s. 



Polyactus, Moiiilia, Pcziza, 

 1927 



Leii. 



S.A. T. V. N.S.W. Q. B. 



in decay 

 Mag. III. 18 (1809).— Mucor, Urcdo. 



Poli/ponis 



Hcrlx, fruit, flowers, I Tufts olive grey. Threads fluffy, erect, olive, bnmelied above. 



Ieavcs,:iiid brauehes Branches shortened, spreading, and branchlets bearing the conglome- 



I rate conidia. Mould-like Bolnjtis is only the conidial form of Peziza. 



Syst, 



1930 

 1931 

 1932 



Sci. 



1933 

 193-1 



Bell 



1935 



Pilz. 56(1816). 



Boletus, &c. 



Clavaria ... 



Maize 



Dead Agarics 



Nat. II. 69 (1834).— AsporgiUus. 



B. Bark and wood 



Q. B. 



Bark 



Threads creeping, branched. Conidia profuse, globose, forming a 



golden-tawny powder within decaying Polypori. 

 Threads spread out, then interwoven, ratlier tliick, almost transparent, 



variously forked, conidia yellow or goUlen yellow. 



I Threads branched, branches short, thickened at ends, with riidiating 



I acute conidia-bearing processes. A beautiful species. 



j Threads elegantly and many times branclied in whorls, collected in 



brick-red velvety or woolly tufts. 

 I White, branched. Brancbes rather short, thickened at base. 



Tufts velvety, orange tawny, expanded. Sterile threads creeping, thin. 



Fertile threads erect, swollen at eacb end. 

 Fertile threads erect, short, club shaped, with about four joints. 



Conidia golden yellow. 



Mag. III. 18 (1809).— Triehoderma, riicciuia. 



Rotting fruit, bran- 

 ches, leaves, paper, 

 cheese, &c. 



Tufts cushion shaped, velvety, rather large ; at first white, then rosy. 



SYST. MYC. III. 335 (1832). 



Berl. Mag III. 8 (1809). 



Ust.Aim. IX. 25 (1795).— Mouilia. 



Stems of Anuido... 

 Lep'ulospcrma 



Rotting herb stems 



Pilous or cap of Poly- 

 ponis cinnabar in us 



Holt. I. 12 (1817).— Anteunaria, Tornla. 



Mich. II. 21 (1880). 



1942 



S.A. 



Branches and leaves 

 of Colli f'ei(c and 

 Eucaliip(us 



Branches 



Upper surface of 

 loaves of Berti/a 

 rofuudijotia 



Spread out, very black. Tufts rounded or oblong, run together and 



irregular. 

 Pustules gregarious, small, bursting through, blackish. Spore body 



globose, with membranous expansion. 



Tufts expanded, olive to ochrey, then becoming black, somewluit vel- 

 vety. Sterile threads creeping, sooty. Fertile threads erect, olive, 

 then bl.ack. 



Tufts minute, very thin, scattered, black. Threads sparingly branched, 

 nearly straight. 



E.xp.anded, thick, superficial, quite black. Chains of conidia indi- 

 stinctly branched, brancbes tapering towards apex and slightly curved. 



Tufts bursting through, powdery, run together, quite black. Ch.ains 

 unequal, branched, or simple. 



Tufted, gregarious, black. Threads straggling, creeping, pale, sooty. 

 Conidia brown. 



Fung. Meek. I. 2 (1790). — Sporocybo. 

 1943 ... ... Q. B. Leavesof ^H(/ro;jo</o?([ 



Very minute, black. Fertile threads simple, thin. Head globose or 

 ellipsoid. 



