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given in the case oi; tliose well-knoAvn species wliich have been 

 fully worked out by other authors. In some cases references are 

 ^nven to authors quoting lists of synonyms. 





The Myoetozoa collected by Mr. Cheesman form the subject 

 of a separate paper by Miss G. Lister and Mr. Cheesman, pub- 

 lished in t]ie Journal of Botany, yoI. liii, July, 1915, pp. 



203-212. 



'With regard to the general character of the flora, and the con- 

 ditions at "the time of collecting, Mr. Cheesman kindly contri- 

 huies tlie following notes, in which it will be noted that several 

 s])e(ies are mentioned which are not included in the following 

 1 " 



ist, owing to their not having been preserved. 

 *' The Deriod of drv weather which had exis 



period of dry weather which had existed previous to the 

 visit (August and September) militated against the Agaricaceae^ 

 but this was compensated for by the profusion of Polypores, which 

 are much more resistant to drought and not so subject to decay. 

 The brilliant red Trametes cinnaharina and Polystictus hirsutus 

 w'vve everywhere on dead wood, and as plentiful as are P. versi- 

 color and Stereum hirsnUivi in Britain. Schizophylhim com- 

 mvne was also ubiquitous, but always as a saprophyte. Some 

 observers have noted it as a parasite on sugar-cane, and search 

 was made for it in this role, but without success. During the 

 visit to the sugar-cane fields in Queensland it occurred frequently 

 on old, dead and decaying canes, but not on living ones, and the 

 planters stated thej- had never seen it on living cane. 



'' Xear dwellings, several species of Coprinvs were seen, notably 

 C. comatus^ C, atvamentarius, and C. jylicatilis^ and it was 

 reported that in the moist season the common mushroom grew 

 plentifullj' in pastures in all the States. In moist gullies Colly- 

 bias and Mycenas were occasionally seen, but their frail nature 

 did not permit of collection and preservation. 



'' Armillaria mdlea was growing on the roots of peaches in the 

 oix^hards on Mt, Lofty, near Adelaide, and also on the roots of 

 watttes in cleared places in the bush in South Australia, Victoria, 

 and I^ew South Wales, but the small amount of humus in the- 

 soil of the bush, due to the work of the various species of ants, 

 would tell against a profusion of terrestrial fung'i even in the wet 

 season. 



''Forest trees did not appear to suffer very much from the 

 attacks of destructive fungi. In planted pine forests, both in 

 Australia and J^^ew Zealand, Dasyscjfpha caJycina was well estab- 

 lished,^ and here Lenzites sepiaria was found, but was not seen 

 attacking anv native trees. 



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Other fungi which may be mentioned are Tremellodon 

 f/elatinosum, which occurred at Moruya, New South Wales, and 

 Folyporiis Mylittac, a large fresh si)ecinien of which, having a 

 sclerotium nearly a foot in diameter, and several sporophores 

 attached, was shown at Melbourne in the lecture room of the 

 Itotamcal Section. Aseroi' ruhm was described as occurring fre- 



(lucntly about Brisbane in the rainy season." 



^,^:.^^\'^. ^'^^^'^''''^^^^ the geographical distribution of the 



le to 

 doubt 



species enumerated is indicated, as far as it ha^ been possib 

 ascertain it with any degree of certainty, but there is no d 



