NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 545 



Merulius. 

 Merulius lacrymans Sch. 

 Specimens of this are recorded by Cooke in Handb. of 

 Australian Fungi, for Queensland and Western Australia. 

 We have no authentic specimens for this State so far, 

 although it may possibly be found here when the whole of 

 the specimens in our collections have been worked up. 



Merulius umbrinus Fr. 

 Specimens of this species have been identified by Lloyd, 

 collected at Wamberal by one of us (B.C.) in April, 1911, 

 Mr. Lloyd remarks, 'The plant has the same coloration and 

 the same general nature as Merulius lacrymans, but 

 umbrinus is supposed to be a thinner species.' 



V. LISTS OP AUSTRALIAN POLYPOSES OP THE 

 GENERA FOMES, POLYPORUS AND HEXAGONA. 



Compiled from Lloyd's Works with additions from Cooke's 



Handbook of Australian Fungi. 

 (* indicates that Australian specimens have been seen or 

 identified by Lloyd. These numbers do not necessarily correspond 

 with those given in the text.) 



I. — Stipitate Polypores. 

 1* Polyporus (Ganodermus) lucidus var. japonicus, N.S.W. 

 2 ,, „ amboinensis 



3* ,, ,, fornicatus 



4* ,, „ ochrolaccatus, New Guinea 



5* Polyporus ( Amaurodermus ) rudis, N.S.W". (Records of A. 



rugosus probably refer to this.) 

 6 ,, ,, leptopus ? 



7* Polyporus (Lignosus) superpositus, N.S.W. 

 8 ,, ,, scopulosus 



9* Polyporus (Petaloides) fusco-maculatus 1 

 10 „ ,, annulatus ? N.S.W. 



Ii— December 5, 1917. 



