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519. Xerotus papyraceus. Berk. FI. Tasvi. t. 182, f. 2. 
Sacc. Syll. 2616. 
Papery ; pileus pallid, striate, or even, thin, margin at length 
expanded (5 in.tn. broad) ; gills simple, tawny or pallid. 
On rotten wood. Victoria. Tasmania. 
520. Xerotus Archeri. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 250, t. 182, f. 1. 
Sacc. Syll. 2617. 
Pileus reniform, quite minute, rugosely sulcate, rufous (j in. 
diam.) ; stem very short ; gills umber-brown, unequal, simple, 
rather broad, distant, few, interstices even. 
On dead sticks. Victoria. Tasmania. 
521. Xerotus fulvus. B. <]■ Br. in Herb. 
Tawny ochraceous ; pileus reniform (1-2 c.m.), membranaceous, 
tough, entire, obscurely striate, velvety behind ; stem lateral, thin 
(1 c.m. long) ; gills very few, narrow, thin, reaching the stem, of 
the same colour. 
On wood. Queensland. 
522. Xerotus Drummondi. Berk, in Herb. 
Gregarious ; pileus reniform, lobed, or crispate, ferruginous, 
tough, smooth (1 c.m. broad), attenuated behind into a short 
obconic stem ; gills distant, adnate, rather broad, becoming blackish. 
. On twigs. Victoria. 
523. Xerotus griseus. Berk. Dec. 168. Sacc. Syll. 2506. 
Infundibuliform, splitting, lobes spathulate, grey (12 x 18 
m.m.), flocculose as well as the spurious stem; margin repand ; 
folds decurrent, white. 
On wood. Victoria. 
Genus 17. TROGIA. Fr. Mon. Hym. 
Pileus submembranaceous, soft, tough, flaccid ; gills venose, 
fold-like, forked, edge longitudinally channelled or crisped. 
524. Trogia crispa. Fr. Hym. Fur. 492. Cooke Ulus. t. 1114a. 
Tough, cup-shaped, reflexed, lobed, villous, reddish-yellow (i-1 
in. broad) ; gills plaited, dichotomous, crisp, whitish or grey ; spores 
globose, 4-5 /*. 
On twigs. Queensland. 
Genus 18. SCHIZOPHYLLTJM. Fr. Obs. i., p. 103. 
Pileus not fleshy, dry, sessile ; gills coriaceous, branched, split 
longitudinally at the edge, with the two divisions revolute or 
spreading, joined to the pileus by a tomentose pellicle. 
525. Schizophyllum commune. Fr. Hym. Fur. 492. Cooke 
lllvs. t. 11145. Sacc. Syll. 2705. 
Pileus adnate behind, somewhat extended, simple and lobed 
(about 1 in.) ; gills grey, then brownish, purple, villous, edge 
revolute ; spores 6 x 4 y.. 
On dead wood. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. W_ 
Australia. S. Australia. Tasmania. (Fig. 47). 
