ABSTRACT OF PROCEEDINGS. Xlll. 



(1) Pholiota adiposa, — This handsome species, with an orange- 

 yellow glutinous cap and brown gills, is recorded as a destructive 

 timber parasite in Europe. Several smooth-barked trees, probably 

 Coachwood, were found close together in dense brush at Mount 

 Wilson in June bearing the fruiting bodies. These were attached 

 to the upright trunk, some near the ground and others out of reach 

 twenty or thirty feet up. The mycelium spreading through the 

 wood, renders this useless, whilst the health of the tree is affected 

 Annually the fruiting caps appear, growing from the perennial 

 mycelium, thus by liberating their spores tending to distribute the 

 parasite. The attention of the Director of Forests has been drawn 

 to the occurrence of this possibly dangerous parasite, and it is to 

 be hoped that effective measures may be taken to eliminate it 

 before any economic loss occurs. This fungus has not hitherto 

 been recorded for Australia. 



(2) Fistulind hepaticci. — The Beef-steak Fungus, an edible 

 polypore that occurs in Europe. This was found growing on a 

 fallen log. The tubes of one specimen were pinkish, of the others 

 yellowish, when gathered. Hitherto only recorded in Australia 

 from Western Australia. Six species of Fistulina are known; of 

 these one is recorded from the Caroline Islands, and one on Fagus 

 from Patagonia. 



The occurrence of these two European species of fungi, hitherto 

 unknown in this State, at Mount Wilson, suggests that they may 

 have been introduced with European plants or their accompanying 

 soil, and, finding the climatic conditions suitable, have been able 

 to obtain a footing. On the other hand their occurrence in Aus- 

 tralia may antedate the white man's appearance here, but their 

 distribution may be limited by climatic requirements, thus 

 accounting for their having remained unreported until now in 

 New South Wales. 



AUGUST 4th, 1915. 



The three hundred and seventy-fifth General Monthly 

 Meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales was 



