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mycelium. Spores (?) elongated, broader at one end, 15-5x34 /x; in the 

 Dorrigo specimens some spores were seen 68 x 55 fx. New South Wales : 

 Mosman, April (Miss Clarke, Watercolour No. 178) ; Narrabeen, February 

 (Herb., J. B. C, Formalin Sp. No. 274) ; Dorrigo, January. 



The Dorrigo specimens differ from the other two collections in being some- 

 what taller (2 inches or more high) and in the colour of the pileus being more 

 reddish. The spores seen were doubtful, but if the figures given actually repre- 

 sent the spores of the plants in the different collections, then the difference in 

 dimensions would indicate that the Dorrigo ones belonged to a different species. 



Pileus 6-9 mm. latus, 6 mm. altus, conico-hemisphaericus, deinde hemisphaericus 

 vel campanulatus, subgibbosus, rugosus, subfuscus 'terra-cotta.' Lamellae 

 adnatae, adjunctae collari, distantes, circiter 15, albidae. Stipes 1-2-5 cm. 

 altus, similis crinis, subniger, infra pileum albidus, glaber. 



Cantharellus. 



257. Cantharellus cinereus, Fr., var. australis, var. nov. — This plant seems 

 to be an Australian representative of C. cinereus, but to differ from the typical 

 form sufficiently to warrant separation as a variety. Our specimens show a 

 general darker colour than those figured by Cooke, the stem does not so 

 gradually expand from below up, and the spores are slightly larger (8 to 

 8-5x5-2 to 6 iJi) than the measurements given by Massee (7x5 /a). 



Pileus up to 1^ inch in diameter. Warm Sepia (Dauthenay, pi. 305, Ton 1) 

 to Sepia (pi. 300, Ton 4), somewhat strigose, infundibuliform and opening into 

 the hollow stem. Gills greyish (Purplish-tinted White, pi. 6, Ton 4), decurrent, 

 markedly anastomosing, thick and irregularly crenate. Stem up to 1^^ inch 

 high, blackish (Neutral Tint, pi. 361, Ton 4, to Dark Neutral Tint, pi. 346, 

 Ton 4), hollow, often flattened, up to \ inch thick. Spores 8 to 8-5 x 5-2 to 6 /x. 

 In leafy mould under dense growth of trees, Bradley Head, Sydney, Mav, 1919 

 (Miss Clarke, Watercolour No. 203). 



Pileus ad 39 cm. latus, 'sepia,' substrigosus, infundibuliformis, in stipem cavum 

 patens. Lamellae subcineraceus, decurrentes, crassae, anastomosibus, 

 crenatae irregulariter. Stipes ad 3-2 cm. altus, ad -6 cm. latus, subniger, 

 cavus. Sporae 8-8-5x5-2-6 fx. (PI. i., fig. 2.) 



258. Cantharellus triangularis, n. sp. — Pileus f inch in diameter, convex, 

 with a broad very dark-brown umbo, the rest of the surface smoky-brown and 

 slightly striate. Gills thick, moderately distant, dingy pallid, rarely forking, 

 deeply decurrent. Total height | inch, of stem only f inch, stem moderately 

 slender, solid, later hollow, chocolate-brown, with a little white fluffy mycelium 

 at the base. Flesh pale chocolate. Spores elongated pear-shaped, 8-5 to 

 13-8x5 fjL, usually 8-5 to 10-5x5 /a. On the ground, Neutral Bav, Sydney, 

 December 1, 1917 (Miss Clarke, Watercolour No. 173; Herb., J. B. C., Formalin 

 Specimen No. 295). 



Pileus ad 1 cm. latus, convexus, umbone subnigro-fusco. fumoso-fuscus, sub- 

 striatus, lamellae crassae, subdistantes, fusco-pallidae, raro furcatae, 

 perdecurrentes. Stipes ad 1 cm. altus, subtenuis, solidus deinde cavus, 

 cacao-fuscus. Caro pallido-cacao-fusca. Sporae elongata-pyriformes, 

 8 5-138x5 IX. (PI. i., fig. 3.) 



SCHIZOPHYLLUM. 



259. Schizophyllum commune, Fr. Cooke, Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 525 

 (all the States). New South Wales: Scone, October, in dying parts of Prickly 

 Pear (Opuntia inermis); Blackheath, November, on telegraph post, even on the 

 tarred part. Northern Territory: Darwin, April (Dr. Leighton Jones — a 

 laciniate form, 5". multifidum — identified by Lloyd, No. 314). 



