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classifier in italics, when that of the original describer has been set 

 aside on good scientific grounds. The literary reference also gives, 

 as a rule the wi rk in which the name giA'en was first used. 



It is astonishing how many names are given in standard works, 

 followed by authors' names and references which refer to a 

 discarded form of the name, and it has entailed a vast amoimt of 

 labor in testing the original references wherever possible. 



6th. The English name follows. This is merely an attempt to 

 give an English rendering to the specific name for everyday use in 

 the form of an adjective, which is sometimes very difficidt to coin. 



7th. The habitat is next given, the various colonies in which 

 the species has been found being recorded, and it has been thought 

 advisable to add a British habitat when it occurs there. 



8th. The occurrence follows, indicating where the different 

 kinds of fungi may be lonked for, and giving the scientific name 

 of the hosts in the case of parasitic species for use in the host 

 index. 



9th. General characters conclude the whole, giving such super- 

 ficial and easily-recognisable characters as may serve as a guide in 

 the rough discrimination of many species. 



It is hoped that this list may serve as a complete record of 

 Australian fungi known up to date, and, as it is accompanied by a 

 provisional host index and a list of works on the subject, it is 

 believed that it will give all workers in this branch a new start and 

 a fresh impetus. A large number of recorded fungi have been 

 overlooked by Dr. Cooke in his indispensable " Handbook of Aus- 

 tralian Fungi," which are incorporated, and I am receiving friendly 

 and hearty aid from various workers in the different colonies. 



As regards the general classification, I have mainly adopted that 



of Saccardo in his " Sylloge Fungorum," and generally followed by 



Dr. M. C. Tooke in his " Handbook." The sequence of the twelve 



groups under which Australian fungi may at present be placed is as 



follows : — 



I. Hvmenomvcetes ) t^ • t 



^ " \ Basidiomycetes. 



II. Uastromycetes ) •' 



III. Uredines. 



IV. Pyrenomvcetes | . 



-r/. ^ . \ Ascomycetes. 



V. JJisconiycetes ) •' 



VI. Tuberoides. 



VII. Hyphomycetes. 



VIII. Sphaeropsides. 



IX. Saccharomycetes. 



X. Ustilagines. 



XI. Phy corny cetes. 



XII. Myxomy cetes. 



In Saccardo' s rules to phytographers, already referred to, it is 



stated: — "All names of all groups of plants should be in the 



feminine gender — Hymenomycetea3, not Hymenomycetes." Never- 



