Fig. 1051. 



Klotzsch. It was referred by Leveille to Polystictus fimbriatus and named by 

 Berkeley from Cuba, Polystictus cladotrichus, and from Ceylon (a denuded specimen) 

 Polystictus venustus. Spegazzini named it Polystictus Hariotianus and also referred 

 it to Polystictus Drummondii, which Bresadola in "honor" of his mistake named 

 Polystictus Spegazzini, and afterward acknowledged it. Zollinger's Java collection 

 (1386) on which Leveille based Trametes Zollingeriana is this species. Murrill 

 misreferred the American plant to Polystictus villosus, but he got it right from the 

 Philippines. So while Polystictus versatilis is a variant species, it does not present 

 as much "variation" as the fellows who have named it. 



NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN PHALLOIDS 



PSEUDOCOLUS ROTHAE (Fig. 1052). Through the kind- 

 ness of Dr. J. Barton Cleland, we present herewith drawings of 



Pseudocolus Rothae, which were 

 made by Phyllis Flockton-Clarke 

 and are evidently so accurate 

 and so characteristic that they 

 answer the purpose as well as 

 a photograph. Pseudocolus 

 Rothae has been imperfectly 

 and inaccurately known before, 

 and we are glad to get such 

 characteristic figures. From the 

 appearance of the figure it 

 could be classed in the genus 

 Laternea, but as we understand 

 T*l it, the columns are consolidated 



into a stem at the base con- 

 tained in the volva. The genus 

 Pseudocolus is only a stipi- 

 tate Laternea. There are rare 

 records of Laternea columnata 

 occurring in Australia. It is 

 a very common species in the 

 American tropics, but it is 

 not known from Australia, and 

 it is probable that the Austra- 

 lian record is based on Pseudo- 

 colus Rothae. 



Fig. 1052 Pseudocolus 



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