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imnnca 



HYDNACEAE, 



Irpex brevis, Berk, in Hook. Flor. Nov. Zel. ii. p. 181. 



Victoria. Botanic Gardens, ]\r(^]bonrnc. 

 DUtrih. New Zealand. 



The species is very near to 7. zonatus, Berk, et Br., but is dis- 

 tinguished by tlie thicker pilei, which are usuall^v 

 . ond by the coarser spines. Spores liyaline, elliptic " 



I. flavus, KL in Linnaea, viii. 1833, p. ^188. 



South Australia, Mt. Lofty, Adelaide. 



Dlstrih, India,. Malaya, Polyjiesia, Tropicnl Africa, North 

 America, 



I. fusco=vioIaceus, Ft. Elencli. i. p, 144. 

 New South AVales. Moruya. 

 DLstrib. Europe, North America. 



L calcareus {Cooke et Mass.) Wakefield, comb. nov. 



Hydn'vm calcarciim^ Cooke et Mass. in Grevillea, xxi. p. 38. 



NeAv South Wales, Katoomba, Blue Mountains. 



Distrih. Recorded only from Yictoria. 



Resu^oinate, rather thick, dirty white or lilac, with a chalky 

 a])pearance. Spines very crowded, cylindrical, blunt, more or 



th the apices 

 oadly ellip- 

 tical, 4-5*5 X 3-4 /x. Inter-mixed with the basidia are occasional, 

 slightly projecting', smooth cystidia or paraphyses, cylindrical or 

 slightly fusiform, 20-55 x t~9 a, blunt at the apex. Uyphae 



less united at the base, very brittle, and frequently wit 

 broken of¥. Tissue chalk-white. Spores hyaline, br 



2-4 



Odontia scopinella [Berk.) Coohc, MS. h\ Herb. Kcw. 

 Hydnnm scopfneUvm, Berk, in Hook. Elor. ^ov. Zeland. ii. 

 p. 181. New Sontli Wales. Moruja. 

 Distrih. New Zealand. 



witli tw 

 amjvcon- 



Spores lij-aline, cyliiidrical, slig'LtJy curved, usiinlly 

 oil-drops, 5-T x 'l-'5/i. Hypliae thick-wallod, with cl 

 iiections at the septa, 3-4 /a in diameter. 



Grandinia helvetica, Fr. Hym. P'ur. p. G27. 



Queensland. Nanibour, Blackall Range. 

 Distrih. Europe. 



G. australis, Bcrl^. in Hook. Flor. Tasm. ii. p. 257.^ 

 llydnum pcxntum, Mass. in Kew Bull. 1901, p. 157. 

 New South '\\'ales. National Park, Sydney. 



Distrih. Tasmania. . -, ^^ ^ 



Cinnamon-coloured, the granules varying much in develop- 

 ment. The subiculum is cracked when dry, somewhat flocculose, 

 and cinnamon throughout, not white as stated m tl.e onginal 

 description. The appearance of whiteness. m the cracks of the 

 type specimen is due to a deposit of crystals of mineral matter, "* 

 uncertain origin. Spores hyaline, ellii>tical. 5-b x 'J-4 /x. 

 Phlebia reflexa, Berh. in Hook. Jouru. Bot^l851, p. 1G8. 

 For synonymy, see Lloyd, Letter 4G, pp. 6-7. 

 New South Wales. Moruya. ■ ^ Kf • 



Distrih. Japan, India, Malaya, :New Zealand, Tropical Afri 



Madagascar, North America. 



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