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Stereum. 

 3^^ (iii.. 211). Stcrcuui capcratum, Berk, and M. New South Wales: 

 Rullahdelah. August, cladoderris form with lateral stem; Dorrigo. January; 

 Kangaroo Valley, June, approaching Cladoderris, lateral stem ( Lloyd 548 ). Fiji : 

 Mrs. Lucas, lateral and central-stemmed .specimens (Lloyd, 574; "intermediate 

 between Stcrcum and Cladoderris'' ) . 



334 (iii., 212). Stereum elcgans, Meyer. In his monograph on the Stipitate 

 Stereums, Lloyd divides his Section 4 into two divisions, viz., those growing on 

 the ground and those on M^ood. In the former occur 6*. elegans, densely caespitose 

 and imbricate, often forming rosettes, and S. nitidulum, with a mesopodial stipe 

 and rooting base. We have recorded the latter for Terrigal, New South Wales 

 (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, xli., 1916), the identification having been made 

 by C. G. Lloyd. W^e find, however, that single individuals of 5". elcgans (e.g., 

 amongst our Mount Irvine specimens) may show a rooting base and be indis- 

 tinguishable from our example of S. nitididuin. As regards those growing on 

 wood, 6^. pcrgamaneum, which we have recorded on Lloyd's identification for 

 Pittwater, New South Wales, is like 6". nitidulum, but grows on rotten wood and 

 has no rooting base, whilst 5". Miquelianum is similar but thinner, more slender 

 and delicate, and was originally described as growing on branches. Lloyd has 

 identified for us as this species, specimens growing on an Eucalyptus trunk at 

 National Park, South Australia. In the same locality, typical 6^. elcgans is pre- 

 sent, forming extensive rosettes on the ground near the bases of Eucalypts, and 

 often associated with the base of the stem or near superficial roots. \Ve there- 

 fore think it possible that these three species — 5'. pcrgamaneum, S. nitidulum, 

 and 5^. Miquelianujyi — which we have recorded or now record for Australia, may 

 really belong to S. elcgans, the records indicating unusual forms or sites of 

 growth. New South Wales : Bullahdelah, August. Victoria : Craigie, June 

 (E. J. Semmens. Nos. 55, 56). South Australia: Mount Lofty, April, June, 

 July; National Park, April (near fallen wood), August. Spores 5 to 6x35 

 to 4 fx. 



335 (iii., 219). Stereum membranaceiim, Fr. Brown, rough setae, narrow 

 clavate to acuminate, 85 to 240x9 to 19 /a. New South Wales: Bullahdelah, 

 August. South Australia : Mount Lofty, May, June ; Kuitpo, May. 



336 (iii., 218). Stereum illudcns. Berk. In the Milson Island specimens there 

 are numerous rough subclavate setae projecting only slightly above the hymenium, 

 but we have been unable to pick up any in the Bumberry and South Australian 

 specimens. New South Wales : Milson Island, Hawkesbury River, August, 

 setae, 17 x 35 /x, 31 to 35 x 3-5 ju,; The Rock, July ; Bumberry, September (Lloyd, 

 406). Victoria: Ararat, July (E. J. Semmens, No. 135). South Australia: 

 Mount Lofty, May (spores 9 x A fi), July, September; Flinders Range, Quorn. 

 August. 



ZZ7 (iii., 214). Stereum hirsutum, Willd. South Australia: Mount Lofty, 

 May, June, July ; Belair, June. 



338 (iii., 216). Stereum vellereum. Berk. New South Wales: Bumberry, 

 on Eucalyptus tercticornis, Sm., September, identified by Lloyd (No. 376) ; 

 Narrabri, November; Hawkesbury River, June. Victoria: Ararat (E. J. Sem- 

 mens, No. 136). South Australia: Cherry Gardens (Prof. Osborn) ; Belair, 

 June; Mount Compass, October; Mount Lofty, June (Lloyd, No. 668) and 

 September, spores elongated, occasionally slightly curved, 52 to 5-7 x 2 to 25 /x. 



339. Stereum purpureum, Pers. Cooke. Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 1018 

 (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia. Western Australia). 

 Queensland : Bunya Mountains. October, spores pear-shaped, 52 x 25 /x. iden- 

 tified by Lloyd (No. 601). 



