AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 487 
The total number of known fungi is estimated at 45,000, and 
there are 2,480 Australian species, or about one-eighteenth of the 
whole, while there are 5,040 British species, or about one-ninth 
of the whole. 
The proportion of Australian to British species is nearly one- 
half, and since 766 British species are common to Australia it is 
seen that over one-seventh are thus common to both countries. 
The Australian Gastromycetes and Uredines far exceed the 
British, the former being in the proportion of 198 to 78, and the 
latter in the proportion of 112 to 53. The exceptional position 
of the Gastromycetes and Uredines is worthy of remark, and 
shows that these particular groups have a stronghold in Australia. 
It will be interesting to compare the species common to Victoria 
and Tasmania on account of their geographical proximity and 
their former land union. 
The following table shows that out of a total of 500 Tasmanian 
species 197, or 394 per cent. of the whole, are found in Victoria as 
well ; and the percentage of species common to Victoria is 17:2 :— 
Table VI.—Number of Tasmanian Species common to Victoria. 
= : Tasmanian 
oup. Wiionan species comm @ 7 
Grouy species. i ee 2 commen Percentage 
J. Hiymenomycetes ..........02.00:6. 603 99 16°4 
Ba GAStTOMYCCLES....5 ..0ceraseennese 72 15 20°8 
MMU MECINES vas cnnntwasecenesesacaeuess 79 15 19 
AS AVRCHOMIVCCLES) sapccp caer ecvcseee 93 21 22°6 
is), IDMSVeORNA CEES) Baandeoeeononasoasene ffl 20 28°1 
Glee berotd esgic rats. centsmesiiccnnss ae Aas “as 
Temely POUT CCUCSI.cesens iecah sper 80 12 15 
G, Sphacropsides <........<.cccaseees 88 6 7 
9. Saccharomycetes.................. aoe Ss 5b 
LOR Ustilaginesnugevccseshss sheets 28 2 (fb 
ee hiy.comiy.cetesie-ncmsccaseereeees 15 4 26°6 
Zee Miy OMY CLES) «. saesiesceaseastesne 13 3 23 
1,142 197 17:2 
SUMMARY. 
Our knowledge of the Fungus-flora of Australia is too limited 
as yet to permit of general conclusions being drawn, and therefore 
I will content myself with giving a summary of the actual state 
of our present knowledge, as far as the present paper is concerned. 
In Australia (including Tasmania) 12 groups of fungi are repre- 
sented, containing 2,480 species, and of these 766 species are 
