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THE LARGER FUNGI 
:I73. Craterellus multiplex Cke. et Massee. (L., multiplex, with many folds). — 
Stem slender, erect, 1] to 2in. (3.1 to 5 cm.) high. Pilei reniform or obovate, 
attached by their bases to the stem in a series of 2 to 5 or 6 superimposed, ! cm. 
broad, depressed behind, smooth, margin a little incurved, thin, Light Pinkish 
Cinnamon (xxix.) becoming Light Ochraceous Buff (xv.) to Sayal Brown (xxix.) 
when dry. Hymenium of narrow thick radiating folds, sometimes forking or 
connecting by veins, Vinaceous Pink (xxvm.), when dry Light' Ochraceous Salmon 
(xv.) nearly to Zinc Orange (xv.) (type from Tasmania described as flesh- 
colour). “Spores globose, hyaline, 3.5 u” (type). South Australia — At the 
base of a dead stump, Mount Lofty. Tasmania. June. 
Receptacle membranaceous, spathulate or cup-shaped pendent. Hymenium 
veined or smooth. 
DICTYOLUS Quel. (— CANTHARELLUS p.p.). 
(Gr., diMyon, a network.) 
Pileus membranaceous, spathulate, or cup-shaped and pendent. Hymenium 
consisting of vein-like gills, anastomosing in a reticulate manner or almost 
smooth. Spores white, elliptical or pip-shaped, smooth. Cvstidia none. Growing 
on wood or on mosses. ’ ’ — Rea. 
KEY TO THE SPECIES. 
Whole plant buff brown. Stem fin 274. Dictyolus australis. 
Pileus orange cinnamon to cinnamon buff. Gills near 
cinnamon. Stem to -Jin., pallid 275. I). dnnamoneiLS. 
274. Dictyolus (Cantharellus) australis Clel. (L., australis, southern).— Whole 
plant browner than Buff Brown (XL.) and moist looking. Pileus spathulate or 
iiabellifonn, a little more than pin. (6 mm.) broad and long, smooth, sometimes 
faintly sulcate. Gills decurrent, moderately distant, forking or branching, edges 
thick. Stem under tin. (6 mm.), quite lateral, slightly attenuated downwards, 
smooth. On mossy ground. South Australia — Ivinchina. August. 
-id- Dictyolus (Cantharellus) cinnamoneus Clel. (L., cinnainoneus, cinnamon- 
colouied). 1 ileus up to fin. (1.8 cm.) laterally, t in. (1.2 cm.) from before 
backwards, quite lateral, flabellifom, slightly convex to concave, usually somewhat 
lobed or lacerated, sometimes with several pilei on a branching stem, surface 
dull, Orange Cinnamon (xxix.) to Cinnamon Buff (xxix.). Gills decurrent, 
nanow, edges a little thick, sometimes forking and occasionally venose at the 
periphery, more rusty than Cinnamon (xxix.). Stem lateral, § to Jin. (10 to 
12 mm.), nearly equal, slightly mealy, pallid but with tints of the pileus. Spores 
narrow, pointed at one end, white, 7.5 x 2.5 to 3.5 y. South Australia— On the 
ground near a dead stump, Mount Lofty. June. 
**Spores ochraceous. 
Receptacle fleshy coriaceous, stipitate. Hymenium fold-like. 
NETTROPHYLLUM Pat. 
(Gr., neuron, a sinew; phyllon, a leaf.) 
1’ileus fleshy, coriaceous, irregular. Stem central, confluent with the pileus. 
Hymenium fold-like, thick, decurrent. Spores ochraceous, elliptical or fusiform, 
smooth. Cystidia none. Growing on the ground.” Rea 
