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dark brown) ; Stockton, October, 1915, bleached specimens 

 (identified by Lloyd). 



143. Lentinus radicatus, Cooke and Mass. : Grev., xiv., 

 118; Sacc. : Syll., 2395; Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 

 474 (Q'land). — A specimen collected on burnt soil at Milson 

 Island, Hawkesbury River, in March, 1914, appears to be 

 this species. This opinion has been confirmed by C. G. 

 Lloyd. Its description is as follows: — Pileus 3 inches in 

 diameter, upturned, reddish-tan, villous. Gills pale cream, 

 crowded, decurrent, edge a little toothed in places. Stem 

 4 inches long, 1 inch thick, pale brownish-white above ground 

 but mostly buried, the lower 2^ inches rooting and attenu- 

 ated with a slightly bulbous hollow base, the rest solid, soil 

 aggregated round the root. Spores elongated, oblique, 10*4 

 to 12x5*2 ii. 



144. Lentinus ursirws, Fr. — Our specimens, kindly iden- 

 tified by C. G. Lloyd, are 1 inch or more laterally and about 

 | inch from behind forwards, the pileus fan-shaped, convex, 

 densely pilose, dark brown. The gills are close, with the 

 edges denticulate, pallid whitish. Laterally attached by a 

 contracted base, sometimes developing into a short stem which 

 is coloured and pilose like the pileus. On fallen trunks, often 

 overlapping. Spores subspherical, 4'2 x 3'4, 3'8 jm, etc., no 

 cystidia. Mount Wilson, June; Lisarow, December. 



Panus. 



145. Panus stypticus, Fr. Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, 

 No. 502 (Vict.). — Specimens have been kindly identified for 

 us by C. G. Lloyd. All the Australian specimens we have 

 tasted lack entirely any hot or pungent taste. Spores 4'2 to 

 5*5 x 1'8 to 2'5 /x. Mount Wilson, June; Leura, June; 

 Lisarow, June; between Bowral and Robertson, August; 

 Macquarie Pass, August. 



146. Panus viscidulus, B. and Br. : Linn. Trans., ii., 

 55; Sacc: Syll., 2568; Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 

 504 (Q'land, N.S. Wales, Vict.). — Though our specimens 

 revive perfectly on moistening, from their general appearance 

 we feel inclined to consider them rather as a Pleurotus than 

 as a Panus. Pileus rather small, fan-shaped, glutinous, 

 bright tanny-brown to chestnut, edge paler and slightly 

 striate. Gills white or pale brownish-white, decurrent, con- 

 nected by veins, moderately close, edge rather thick. Stem 

 lateral or nearly so, very short (up to \ inch long), villous 

 to hairy at the base, pallid or pale brownish. Spores colour- 

 less, 6 to 7'2 x 3*4 to 4 /a. On fallen trunks amongst moisture, 

 Mount Wilson, June, 1915. The weak formalin in which a 



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