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AUSTRALASIAN FUNGI. 
On horse dung and around it. Port Phillip. {French, No. 8, 
with jig.) 
Pileus 2-2^ in. diam. ; stem 4-5 in. long, l in. thick below, little 
more than half as thick above. 
Russula (Furcatee) australiensis, Cke. <%• Mass. 
Acris. Pileo carnoso, firmo, e convexo plano, rubro, pellicula 
tenui, adnata, arido, margine laevi, stipite aequali, farcto, cavove, 
stramineo, lamellis utrinque attenuatis, vix confertis, postice 
furcatis, adnexis, dente decurrentibus, citrinis ; sporis globosis, 
asperulis, 10 /x. 
On the ground. Port Phillip. {French, Nos. 5, 15, 16, with figs.) 
Pileus about 2 in. diam. ; stem 2 in. long, scarce half an inch 
thick. 
Cantharellus politus, Clce. Sf Mass. 
Pileo carnosulo, convexo, depresso, demum subinfundibuliformi, 
glabro, laevi, viscido, eximie nitido, castaneo ; stipite sub- aequali, 
farcto, intus extusque pallido, lamellis crassis, subdi stantibus, 
ramosis, pallido-cinereis ; sporis cylindraceis, 14-15 X 4 jx. 
On the ground in fern gully. Near Melbourne. {Miss Wehl., 
No. 27, with fig.) 
Pileus 1-1J inch; stem 1 inch long, 3-4 lines thick. 
Boletus (Viscipelles) australis, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Pileo convexo, pulvinato, viscoso, umbrino, stipite glabro, 
deorsum attenuato, vel fusiformi-radicato, carneo, carne pallide 
roseo, caerulescente ; tubulis adnatis, virescentibus, poris hexa- 
gonis, aequalibus, majusculis, sulphureis ; sporis cylindricis, 20 x 
5-6 /x. 
On the ground. Near Melbourne. {Wehl., No. 4, with jig.) 
Pileus 2-3 in. ; stem 2-3 in. long, J to f in. thick. 
Boletus prunicolor, Cke. Mass. 
Pileo pulvinato, molli, viscoso, prunicolori vel purpurascente, 
laevi ; stipite inaequali, ventricoso, clavato, vel clavato-bulboso, 
pallido, laevi ; tubulis postice brevissimus, vix liberis, poris rotun- 
datis, minutis, simplicibus, pallidis; sporis elongato- ellipticis, 
18-20 X 6, olivaceis. 
On the ground. Port Phillip. {French, No. 7, with fig.) 
Pileus about 2 in. diam. ; stem 3 in. long, in. thick ; “ colour 
dark mauve on the top.” 
Hydnum (Mesopus) ambustum, Cke. Sf Mass. 
Pileo carnoso-membranaceo, convexo-plano, glabro, testaceo- 
nigricante (|-f unc. lat.). Stipite erecto, gracili, aequali, glabro, 
pallidiore (1 unc. long), sub-caespitoso, saepe radicante, aculeis 
aequalibus, acutis, albis ; sporis globosis (8-10 fx). 
On sandy soil. Harkaway Range, Victoria. 
It belongs to the section Carnosa, and has a scorched appear- 
ance when dry, the margin of the pileus being testaceous, whilst 
towards the disc it becomes almost black. 
