AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 
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912. Merulius serpens. Tode. Fr. Hym. Eur. 593. Fr. 
Icon. t. 193, f 3. Sacc. Syll. 6553. 
Crustaceous, adnate, thin, becoming smooth, pallid, then reddish ; 
margin byssoid, white ; folds at first vein-like, then porose, angular, 
entire, crispate. Spores cylindrical, hyaline, 4 x 2 y.. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. 
913. Merulius pallens. Berk. Fr. Hym. Eur. 593, Sacc. 
Syll. 6559. 
Adnate, fleshy, rather gelatinous, thin, inseparable, slightly 
downy, margin indeterminate ; folds porose. 
On trunks. Victoria. Tasmania. 
914. Merulius lacrymans. Sch. Fr. Hym. Eur. 594. 
Sacc. Syll. 6563. 
Large, between spongy and fleshy, moist, ferruginous yellow, 
web-like and velvety beneath, swollen at the tomentose white 
margin, folds broad, porose or gyrose and dentate ; spores ovate, 
unequal- sided, dark yellowish, 10-12 x 5-6 y. 
On rotten wood, etc. (“ Dry rot.”) Queensland. W. 
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Genus 36. POROTHELIUM. Fr. 
Whole fungus developed from the interwoven mycelium, resu- 
pinate and expanded, rather membranaceous, at first distinguished 
by prominent papillae, which are soon porose and open, and at 
length elongated tubulose. 
915. Porothelium subtile. Fr. Hym. Eur. 595. Sacc. Syll. 
6576. 
Irregularly effused, membranaceous, snowy white, margin equal, 
naked, porose warts distinct, at length elongated, cylindrical, 
oblique, with a tinge of red. 
On bark. Tasmania. (Fig. 65.) 
Genus 37. SOLENIA. Hoffm. 
Receptacle none. Tubes membranaceous, rather cylindrical, or 
turbinate, free amongst themselves, connivent at the mouth. 
916. Solenia Candida. Pers. Disp.p. 36. Sacc. Syll. 6 589. 
Scattered, cylindrical, smooth, white. 
On rotten wood. Queensland. (Fig. 66.) 
917. Solenia ockracea. Hoffm. Fr. Hym. Eur. 596. Sacc. 
Syll. 6594. 
Scattered, clavately-cylindrical, tomentose, ochraceous, tawny 
■white within ; spores ovoid, hyaline, 6x4 fi. 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. 
917*. Solenia sulphurea. Sacc. Ellis. Sacc. Syll. 6596. 
Densely gregarious, minute, cup-like, shortly stipitate, sulphur- 
coloured, strigosely hairy, hairs rough, continuous ; basidia clavate, 
guttulate ; spores obovate, 8-9 X 7-8 y, hyaline. 
On branches. Victoria. 
