371 



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Stereum, allied to >S\ frmtidosum, Fr. The iiaino TT ymenochaete 



rhaharhari?ia, Mass. Joiirn. Linu. Soc. xxvii. p. 113, is to be 



deleted, as it refers partly to this species and parti}- to //. rliahar- 

 hariha^ Cooke. 



Entirely resupinate, hut sometiines ^\'ith a thick, upturned 

 margin, hard and rigid. Ilyinenmm cinnamon, cracked into 

 numerous small areas, in habit closely resembliug U ijwenochaele 

 "unicoloT, Berk. & Curt. (-//, spreta, Peck), but differing in the ab- 

 sence of brown setae. Between the basidia are numerous aculeate 

 paraphyses, 15-20 x 5 ^^^ blunt, cylindrical. ITyphae 2-5 /x in 

 ^diameter, irregularly branched, septate, scarcely distinguishable, 

 *and closely united to form a firm tissue. Sub-hymen ial hypliae 

 coloured brown, basal hypliac hyaline or pale yellowish, but 

 Ijrown here and there in patches. Spores not seen. 



Peniophora setigera, (Fr.) Bres. in Bourdot & Galzin, Bull, 

 Soc. Myc. Fr. xxviii. 1912, p. 399. 



South Australia. National Park, Adelaide, 

 Distrih. Europe, North America. 



P. cinerea (Fr.) Cooke in Grevillea, viii. 1879, p. 20. 

 New Zealand. Maniaku, near Rotorua. 

 Distrih, Europe, North America, 



P. velutina {DC.) Cooke in Grevillea, viii. 1879, p. 21. 

 New Zealand, "\rairoa, near Eolorua. 

 Distrih. Europe, North America, 



- P. radicata [P. Henn.) v. Ildhnel et Litsch. Beitriiue ^-ur 

 l^^enntnis der Corti( 



Victoria, Ballarat. 

 . Distrih. Europe, Tropical Africa, 



P. pubera, (Fr.) Sacc. Syll. vi. 1888, p. 64G. 



New South Wales. Katpumba, Blue Mountains. 

 Distrih. Europe. 



P. Cheesmanii, Wnkefield, sp. nov. 



Fungvs late effusus, arete adnatus, ceraceus, ochroleucus, O'o- 

 0-75 mm. crassus, ambitu similari, iuterdum leviter reflexo. 

 Ilymeniiim laeve, sub lente cystidiis pruinosum. Cystidm 

 numerosa, fusiformia, apice fort iter inciustata, 60 x 8-15ji 



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pleiiimqiie obducta. Basidia clav^ita, 4-sterig)iiatica, 6-7 /x 

 diametro. Sforae laeves, ellipticae, hyaliDae, 5-5-6 x 4-4-0 /x. 

 Jlyphae basales 2-5i4 fx dianietro, flavidae, liypliae coiitexiiis 



stramincae, 2-3-5 /^t. 



Ilah. On bark, Moruya, New Soiitli Wales , , ,.^ 



Somewhat resembling? P. M oiler icuia, JJres. m Iiabit, but ditter- 



ing- iu tlie pale brownish snbicnlum and in the spores. 



P. vermiciilaris, Wnl-efieJd', sp. nov. 



Fungu, effusus, albido-risens, tciniissimus, sub lente cystidns 

 hispidulus: subieulum fere nullum. Cysfuha sMaUi, laevia, sed 

 upice incrustata, orasse apice excepto tunicata basi bifurcata, 

 45-70 x8-14u. Basidia non visa, Sporae ins liormes, utrm^Mc 

 ■^cutae, arcuatae vel flexuoso-vermiculiforraes, 9-11 x 4^fx. 

 HypJmo indistinctae, Ifx diametro. 



