58 ON SOME FUNGI OF XEV SOUTH 'W'ALES A^T) QUEENSLAND, 



produced upon a fruit-bearing surface called the Symenium. The 

 giUs in the common mushroom are the hymenium, the pores in 

 Boletus or Pohjporus. 



Now the classification of many families depend upon the 

 character of the hymenium, whether porous or lamellar &c. The 

 bed of fibre from which the fungus springs is called the mycelium. 

 The pileus or cap of the fungus is a term which explains itseK. 

 In the young stage many fungi are joined by the edge of the 

 stem by a membrane which often remains when the fungus is 

 spread out. This is the veil or annulus. 



Fungi are divided into two great sections Sporifera — spores 

 naked ; Sporidifera — sporidia in sacs or asci. The first section is 

 divided into four sub-orders which will be defined in order as 

 they occur. The first Hymenomycetes, in which the hymenium is 

 either exposed from the begining or in the course of growth. 



Of this sub-order there are six tribes, viz. : — 



I. Agaricini — Hjonenium lamellose. 



II. PoLYPOREi — Hymenium porous or tubular. 



III. Hydnei — Hymenium tuberculate. 



ly. AuRicuLARiNi — Hymenium even, smooth or rugose. 



V. Clavariei — H^anenium superior or unfolding, fungus 



vertical elevate, branched, rarely lobed. 



VI. Tremellini — Hymenium generally covering the whole 



surface, fungus lobed or discoid, gelatinous. 



Agaricini. 



Fungi with the hjanenium formed into distinct gill-like plates 

 the modification of which assists to distinguish the genera. In 

 the genus Cantharelliis the gills are re]3laced by veins which are 

 branched and with an obtuse edge. In Lenzites the veins become 

 hard and corky. 



