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Australian Fungi: Notes and Descriptions. 



No. 3. 



By J. Burton Cleland, M.D., and Edwin Cheel, Botanical 

 Assistant, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 



[Read September 11, 1919.] 



Plates XXVIII. and XXIX. 



The following paper is a continuation of our two pre- 

 vious ones in this series, and contains a number of notes on, 

 and records of, the larger Australian fungi. The serial 

 numbers are for future reference to the species concerned. 

 The references under "colour tints noted" are to the plates 

 in Henri Dauthenay's "Repertoire de Couleurs . . . ," 

 unless Ridgway's "Colour Standards and Colour Nomen- 

 clature" is specifically mentioned. 



We would once more emphasize the difficulty attendant on 

 the identification of the fleshy agarics. When referring these 

 to known species, we have in most cases given our description 

 of the Australian plants so determined, so that if we are in 

 error, the mistake can later be rectified. 



We would again express our gratitude for being enabled 

 to reproduce coloured plates of most of the new species 

 described, and would offer our congratulations to our artist, 

 Miss Phyllis Clarke, of Chatswood, Sydney, for her admirable 

 delineations of these. We also owe much to the kindness of 

 Mr. C. G. Lloyd, of Cincinatti, for identifying for us so many 

 polypores and other more permanent species. Without his 

 help, our task in these groups would have been very heavy, 

 and errors doubtless numerous. Miss E. Wakefield, of Kew 

 Gardens, has also kindly helped us on several occasions, whilst 

 we are indebted to various Australian friends, whose assist- 

 ance is acknowledged in the text, for a number of specimens. 



SUMMARY OF CONTENTS. 



WHITE-SPORED AGARICACEAE. 

 Amanita: 90 — A. grossa, Berk. 

 Amanitopsis : 91 — A. punctata, n. sp. 

 Armillaria : 92 — A. mellea, Vahl. 93 — A. mucida, Schrad., 



var. exannulata, var. nov. 

 Tricholoma : 94 — T. muculenta, Berk. 95 — T. colossa, Fr. 

 Clitocybe : 96 — C. media, Peck. 97 — C. pinophila, Peck. 98 — 



C. dealbata, var. minor, Cooke. 99 — C. cyathiformis, var. 



cinerascens, Fr. 100 — C. paraditopa, n. sp. 



