OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 
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rugose, rather irregular, not definitely enlarged at the apex, sometimes confluent, 
eartliy broiyn. h lesh thm^ coneolorous. Spores subspherical, faintlv rough or 
incgular, sligluly tinted, 4.5 to o fi. Smell strong and pungent like curry powder 
On the ground amongst leaves, etc. South Australia— Mount Lofty. June, July." 
392. Hydniim zonatum (Batsch.) Fr. (L., zonatus, zoned).— Pilei tending to 
grow together, very irregular, stems often broadly flattened and more or less 
united. Confluent pilei up to -i x 2in. (7.5 x 5 cm.), often compressed and 
distorted when under logs or with adlierent leaves, sometimes gibbous, sometimes 
depressed in the centre witli railiating knife-like ridges, radiately rugose, edge 
irregular and often lacerated, ferruginous brown. Spines more or' loss decurrent 
on the stem, crowded, at first as minute sepaiate {mints, finally 1 to 2 mm. long, 
slender,^ subulate, <lark ferruginous brown. Stems ii() to l)in. (3.1 cm.), when 
simple 2 mm. wide, when flattened u{) to 1 cm. wide, more or loss central, coarsely 
rugose, swollen at the base, dark ferruginous brown. Flesh dark brown. Spores 
rough, warty, slightly tinted, 4 On the ground under Xanthorrkoea, attached 
to the underside of a fallen trunk, etc. South Australia — Mount Lofty, Greenhill 
Koad. New South Wales — North Bridge. June, July, August. 
[From watercolour by Misa P. Clarke. 
Figure 55. — Tli/dimm rejtanduni (L.) Fr. (No. 390), 
New South Wales. 
MYCOLEPTODON Pat. 
(Gr., mykrs, fungus; Icptos, thin; odon, a tooth.) 
^ "Receptacle membranaceous-coriaceous, thin, firm, resipiinate or reflexed. 
Spines simple, firm, cylindrical, pointed, hispid at the apex; none or reduced in 
size at the margin. Spores white, ovoid, oboval, subellijitieal or oblong, smootli ; 
basidia with 2-4 sterigniata. Cystidia present, abundant at the apex of the 
S{iines. Growing on wood, more rarely on humus.’’ — Eea. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
ACIA Karst. 
(Gr., (7 fee, a point.) 
' ‘ Receptacle resupinate, thin, waxy. S|)ines slender, subulate, generally entire, 
distinct or connate at the base. S{iorcs hyaline. Cystidia none. Cystidioles 
(more or less hair-like bodies, jiossibly sterile basidia) sometimes present, usually 
small and thin-walled. ’ ’ — E. M. Wakefield. 
