NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 211 



In the same paper, Berkeley mentions A. pentactina 

 Endl. from New England, Timbarry (O.M.) and makes the 

 following remarks : — 



" Hymenium distinctly rugose as stated by Corda ; but this is 

 also the case in the Dandenong specimens which I at first thought 

 might be distinct. R. Brown was inclined to an opinion that all 

 the Australian specimens were referable to a single species." 



We have not seen this latter species but as the specific 

 name pentactina implies that the specimen has five lobes, 

 and Berkeley states that "the rays are bifid only at the 

 very extremity, it would seem that this is nearer to the 

 genus Anthurus than to Aseroe, and may possibly be the 

 same as Anthurus Archeri. According to Lloyd (Myco- 

 logical Notes, No. 32, p. 424) the species extends to New 

 Zealand, as specimens are represented in the Museum at 

 Upsala, which were collected there by G. von Scheele and 

 Berggren. 



The most common form in New Zealand is one originally 

 called Aseroe viridis by Berkeley who afterwards named 

 it A. Hookeri. This appears to be a very small plant 

 according to the descriptions and figures given by Berkeley 

 and Lloyd, and is very similar to, if not identical with, a 

 solitary specimen in our collection from Nundelong Road, 

 Balmoral, collected by Mr. Bragg in June, 1902. The 

 specimen is much smaller than the normal forms of A. 

 rubra, and has six bifid rays, but unfortunately there are 

 no colour notes with the specimen, so that we prefer to 

 regard it at present as a form of A. rubra. 



In the National Herbarium there is a splendid collection 

 of specimens, mostly preserved in alcohol or formalin. The 

 following is a list of the localities where these were col- 

 lected, together with the names of the collectors and date 

 of collecting : — 



