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Grenfell (Mina Jeffreys; September, 1906), and Coonabarabran 

 (J. L. Boorman; September). UsTiLAGiNEiE : Ustilago Readeri 

 McAlp. inlitt.; host, Danthonia penicUlata; Penshurst(E. Clieel; 

 November, 1908). Tilletiinea^ : Tilletia hordei Korn.; host, 

 HordeummurinumUinn.] Coolac (P. Sullivan; November, 1908); 

 Tirana (C. R. Brett; January, 1906). PucciNiACEiE : Puccinia 

 cynodontis Desm.; host, Cynodon dactylon (Pers.) L. C. Rich.; 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney (A. Grant; March, 1905), and Pens- 

 hurst (E, Cheel; June, 1909); previously recorded only from 

 Victoria (?;i(/e McAlp. in "Rusts of Australia," p. 118, 1906). 

 Puccinia gnaphalii (Speg.) P. Henn; host, Gnaphaliuin inirpu- 

 rewm Linn.; Penshurst (E. Cheel; December, 1908); previously 

 recorded only from Victoria, by Mc Alpine {op. cit.^ p. 158). 

 Puccinia loUii-avence McAlp., = P. coroaata Corda; host, Avena 

 saliva Linn, (oats); Penshurst(E. Cheel; May, 1908); previously 

 recorded from Lismore, Murwillumbah, and Alstonville, by Dr. 

 Cobb. PoLYPOHACE^: Polystlctus versicolor Qk^.; on decaying 

 log ; Wahroonga (J. Staer; June, 1909). Polystictus xanthopus 

 (Fr.)Cke.; Atherton, near Cairns, Q.(E. Betche; 1901); between 

 Cooktown and Cairns (VV Seymour; 1908). Strohilomyces jKilles- 

 cens Cke. & Mass.; in old stumps; Bundanoon Gully (Miss M. 

 Fiockton; April, 1908); Cook's River (A. A. Hamilton; March, 

 1909). Agaricace^ : Coprinus atranienlarius Fr.; on the 

 ground, gregarious in habit; Botanic Gardens, Sydney (E. Cheel; 

 July, 1907). Coprinus extinctorius Bull.; on manure-heaps; 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney (E. Cheel; April, 1908) Anaillaria 

 melleus Vahl; on trunk of willow-tree {Salix babyfonica Linn.); 

 Botanic Gardens, Sydney (E. Cheel; June, 1909); an edible 

 species, commonly known as the Honey-coloured Musliroom; 

 parasitic on trees and shrubs, and one of the most destructive 

 enemies of fruit-trees, etc. Tuberculariace.e : Fasari^im 

 solani Sacc; host, pot'Atoe^ {So/a7ium tubei'osuui Linn.); Grafton 

 Experiment Farm (A. H. Haywood; December, 1908). Mr. 

 Haywood reported that the potato-crop was very badly affected 

 with a disease which, when examined, revealed numerous lunulate 

 2-5-septate conidia varying in measurement from 20-38 x 4-5/i. 



