852 



Journal of the Department of Agriculture. 



PARASITIC ATTACK ON EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS. 



A Note on Stereum hirsutum in Plantations in the 



Transvaal. 



By A. M. BoTTOMLEY, B.A., Mycologist, Division of Botany, and 

 K. A. Carlson, Conservator of Forests, Transvaal Conservancy. 



Before proceeding with the actual account of the damage caused 

 by StereuTu hirsutuTn on Eucalyptus globulus trees in Transvaal 

 plantations, a few preliminary remarks with regard to the organism 



Plate I. (PJioto hy 1. B. Pole Evans.) 



Stereum hinsutinii on living EiaalijjHu^ (jlohuhiit at " Cliffendale." 



itself may not be out of place, and may be of some interest to those 

 to whom the fungus may be unfamiliar and who are concerned with 

 growing gum plantations as an industrial proposition, e.g. as timber 

 for mine props. 



