NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 433 
NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI, No. I. 
By J. BURTON CLELAND, M.D. (Syd.), and EDWIN OHEEL, 
Botanical Assistant, Botanic Gardens, Sydney. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N.S. Wales, December 2, 1914. | 
In this, and we hope in further papers to follow, we propose 
to record from time to time notes on the larger Australian 
Fungi, more especially the various species of Basidio- 
mycetes and the fleshy Ascomycetes. The notes will 
include new records: and distributions, additions to old 
descriptions, detailed descriptions of new species and points - 
of general and economic interest. The identification of 
specimens by means of the often highly imperfect descrip- 
tions given by many authors for Australian species is a 
matter of much difficulty, greatly added to by the evan- 
escent character of so many of the fleshy Agarics. HWven 
though the types from which these descriptions were pre- 
pared may in some cases still exist, their examination now 
can add few details of value. Patience, however, and the 
examination of much material will, we hope, bring some 
order into the present chaos and make the way easier for 
the identification of Australian species by local mycologists. 
We may here call attention to a detailed account of New 
South Wales Basidiomycetes appearing under our joint 
names in the “Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales.”’ 
The first part appeared in the June issue for 1914, and the 
second in the October number, and others will follow from 
time to time. 
VOLVARIA. 
Volvaria speciosa.—Specimens of this fungus have been 
collected in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney (March, 1899), 
Leura (February, 1911), Katoomba (March 1912), and Hill 
Be—December 2, 1914. 
