484 PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION D. 
Table I1I.—Number of Fungi in the different Colonies, arranged 
according to groups, together with those common to Britain. 
Groups. Australia. wea.| eA |) Ws Wo ssw, Q.. | B. 
1. Hymenomycetes 19 137 | 151 | 245 | 603 | 266) 624 | 466 
2. Gastromycetes ... 5 44 | 26} 46 72 45 92) 32 
SW regimes: nears. Boer oa Ll alae ox! 79 26 28729 
4. Pyrenomycetes ... 9 19) 185) Go 93 41 | 132) 56 
5, Discomycetes...... 3 8 | 20) 52 71 12 388 | 54 
6. Tuberoides........ hace fl estes 1 Sif oe Bo 1 ie oes 
7. Hyphomycetes ... PA es le Nh Fe ca 80 32 62 | 57 
8. Spheropsides 2 | eo) |e oe eaO 88 11 60 | 13 
9. Saccharomycetes NO xae ta Gy ee en sits Sistine 
10. Ustilagines......... 1 dece|| dl 5 28 11 18 | 10 
11. Phycomycetes ...) ... 1 4 7 15 5 5a al 
12, Myxomycetes ...) 2 16 3| 20 13 5 29 | 38™ 
53 | 243 | 278 | 500 |1,142 | 454 |1,089 | 766 
Table IJI.—Number and relative proportion of Fungi in the 
different Colonies in the order of their predominance and 
proportion of British species. 
No. Proportion. 
Wilctoriay acne ceneunthietecrmncocee 1,142 46 per cent. 
QweenslanG Tshecssowwatmnn ccm ctmuniave 1,089 AS Oma 
MAS MANTA Se aeawe cceeieeeesentiteatorsiontente 500 20 Pe 
INiews SouthaVWiales) iano ceserscceneenete 454 18355 
SoubheAarstraliaesencecteecscesunscekien 278 TPA 5s 
WiesteAtustrallian pamaceuecceemn cert 248 9°85, 
IB ri baty eiciaees poheeec taeeract esos emanate 766 30°9 _,, 
Tt has to be noted here that these proportions do not by any 
means represent the true proportions in nature, but rather the 
amount of attention which has been given to the subject in the 
different Colonies. It is not to be imagined that the proportion 
of species in New South Wales is really less than that in Tasmania, 
or only 2} times that of Victoria, but the explanation is to be 
sought in the fact that both Victoria and Queensland have been 
favoured in the past with indefatigable workers in this particular 
line. When I state that one-eighth of the entire Fungus-flora of 
New South Wales has been added during the last three years, it 
will be seen that the labours of such workers as Dr. Cobb, and 
Messrs. Maiden and Baker, are beginning to bear fruit in the 
much-neglected department of systematic mycology. Victoria 
has the highest percentage of species—or 46, closely followed by 
