369 



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Stereum Schomburgkii, Berk, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii, 1873, 

 p. 168. 



HyTnenochaete olivacea, Cooke in Grevillea, xiv. 1885, p. 11. 

 New SoutL. Wales. Nowra. 



Distrib. Tropical Africa {Kew Bull. 1914, p. 259). 



S. umbrinum, Berl. ct Curt, m Grevillea, i. 1873, p. 164. 



Ilymenochaete umhrina, B. et C. in Cooke, Grev. viii. 1880, 



p. 148. 



//. vinosa, (Berk.) Cooke in Grev. viii. 1880, p. 149. 



H. 2>urimrea, Cooke et Morg. in Journ. Cine. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



1888, p. 198. 



//. scahriseta, Cooke in Eav. Fung, Amer. n. 717, 1882. 



H. Kalchhrenneri, Mass. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvii. 1890, 



p. 116. 



Peniophora intermedia, Mass, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 1889, 



p. 143. 



Queensland. Brisbane. 

 Distrih. Polan.l (Bresadola), Tropical Africa, Nortli Amencii, 



Central America. 



Apparently tlie species is common in Australia, abundant 

 material luivino- been collected. TLe Australian specimens 

 received bare all been in the purple stage, wbich was named 

 U. purpurea: The author is indebted to Professor E. A. Burt, 

 01 the Missouri Botanical Garden, for information as to the great 

 variability of this species as it gro^ys in America, and for the 

 synonymy of the American species cited above. 



S. hirsutum, Fr. Epicr. p. 549. ., , ^ 



New Zealand. Domain Park, Auckland. Abundant speci- 

 mens. 



Distrih. Cosmopolitan. • , , • 



In the Australasian specimens the pileus and hymenium are 

 usuallv verv bright yellow, more brilliant than m the common 

 European form. 



S. valllereum, Berh. in Hook. Flor. Nov. Zel. ii. p. 183. 

 NeW Zealand. Mamaku-and W.niroa, near Eotorua 

 Distrih. Japan, Australia, Madagascar, South Africa. 



S. Leichkardtianum, Lev. (?) in Ann. sci. nat. ser. 3, v. 1846, 



p. 148. 



Mclbov 



VST o .rri.-:.™ £;,a':sg fefsEs 



nhores rather large ^^quent } alutaceous to 



long, and more or 1^|.^,^^X;^^ t,,', ^ose, or sometimes almost 

 pale brown, zoned, softly ^elvetj-tomenio , 



Jpongy obove, margin ---^^ ^.^no Uf ^^ dry, bright 



Hymenium smooth, P'^!\ >^7'\'%„,tidia present. Spores 

 cadn ium yellow -hei^ nm.st^ned^ ^^,^,fae Ve\lowish, rfther 

 hvaline, elliptical, 7-9 _^ a ^ o /a. .yf 

 thick-walled, 2-5 IX in diameter. 



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