NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 487 



Pilliga, Kangaroo Valley, Wamberal, Burrenjuck, Mount 

 Jellore via Mittagong, Rockhampton (Q.), Adelaide (S.A.), 

 Western Australia. The hosts comprise : — Melaleuca 

 styphelioides, M. parviflora, nectarine, peachtree (dead 

 limbs), and dead Banksia (Sydney district); red box 

 (Nyngan); decayed ironbark (Oonjola); and dead jarrah 

 (Bow River), W.A. 



Section 26. Polystictus. White species. 



No Australian species recorded. 



Other species of Petaloides. 



32. Polystictus (Petaloides) Pentzhei Kalch. 

 This was unknown to Lloyd. 



33. Polystictus (Petaloides) intonsus Berk. 

 Oooke, No. 742. The type from Tasmania does not exist 

 (Lloyd). 



34. Polystictus (Petaloides) peroxydatus Berk. 

 Cooke, No. 744. The type from New South Wales does 

 not exist (Lloyd). 



35. Polystictus (Petaloides) libum Berk. 

 Cooke, No. 745. Queensland, New South Wales. Lloyd 

 says the type is inadequate. 



36. Polystictus (Petaloides) vernicifluus Berk. 

 Cooke, No. 790, Queensland, Tasmania. The type is 

 inadequate (Lloyd). 



Sixth Division -MERISMUS. 

 Section 27. Spores globose, echinulate. 



37. Polyporus (Merismus) Berkeleyi Pries. 

 'Pilei imbricate, arising from a short, thick stem or root 

 stalk. Surface pale, dull, slightly tomentose and obscurely 

 zoned. Context J to 1 in. thick, white. Spores globose, 

 8m, distinctly echinulate.' — Lloyd. 



