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RB MSS M86B, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 85.04.04b

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Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-04-04 [85.04.04b]. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id/85-04-04b>, accessed September 11, 2025

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The list is one of a number sent by Cooke that are now in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.
Australian Fungi
2
Unless otherwise noted, each name in the list has a to its left. Note that these fungi had not necessarily been sent to Cooke by M. Some bear numbers, but there is no key to them provided.
Polyporus blepharistoma Berk
Torvoomba
3
Toowoomba, Qld.
Trametes Muelleri Berk
Do
Scleroderma geaster Fr
Do
Clavaria botrytes
4
C. botrytis? FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Fr
Do
23
Boletus (subtomentosus Fr ?)
5
FNI gives Linnaeus as the author, not Fries. There is no against this name.
Omeo
6
Vic.
Ag.
7
Agaricus.
(Crepidotus) pactolus Cke
8
Non-standard abbreviation for Cooke; M listed '[Agaricus] pactolus, Cooke (Crepidotus)' in B85.10.04 without description, and no formal publication has been found (FNI and Index fungorum, accessed 4 April 2021).
Do
24
Sepedonium chrysospermum Fr
Do
20
Ag
9
Agaricus. FNI gives Bulliard as the author, not Fries. There is no against this name.
(Amanita) vaginatus Fr. Prox.
Do
Polyporus caliginosus Berk
Endeavour River
10
Qld.
Polyporus longipipes Lev
11
There is no against this name.
New Guinea
Lentinus calvescens B
12
i.e. Berkeley; Cooke uses either 'Berk' or 'B' for this author. There is no against this name.
New Guinea Coast
Polyporus australis Fr
13
There is no against this name.
Do
Irpex flavus Jungh
14
FNI gives Klotzsch as the author, not Junghuhn.
Walcha N England
15
NSW.
234
Xerotus papyraceus B
Do
Xerotes lateritius B & C
16
i.e. Berkeley & Curtis.
Do
Tremella lutescens Fr
17
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Do
Geaster fimbriatus Fr
18
Index f u ngorum gives Tulasne & Tulasne as the author, not Fries.
Do
Polyperus lilaceno-gilvus B
Do
Xylaria digitata Fr. (? sterile)
19
FNI gives Greville as the author, not Fries. There is no against this name
Do
Ag
20
Agaricus.
(Stropharia) semiglobatus Fr
21
FNI gives Batsch as the author, not Fries.
Do
Hymenochaete tabacina Fr
22
FNI give Lévillé as the author of the combination, not Fries.
Do
257
Cyathus ambiguus Tul
Do
Trametes heteromalla Cke
Do
3
Tremella lutescens Fr
23
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Norfolk Island
7
Polyporus hirsutus Fr
Do
Stereum lobatum Fr
Do
Polyporus australis Fr
Do
Duldinia vernicosa (Fr)
24
In d ex fungorum gives Cesati & De Notaris as the authors.
Do
5
Stereum lobatum Kze
25
Contrast the author Cooke gives for this species above; FNI gives '(Kunze ex Fr.) Fr.' as the author.
Do
4
Thelephora caperata B
Do
Polyporus sanguineus B
26
FNI gives Meyer as the author of this combination, not Berkeley.
Do
Xylaria schweinitzii B
27
Index fungorum gives Berkeley & Curtis as the authors of this name.
Do
Hypocrea fusarioides B
28
Name not found (FNI and Index fungorum, accessed 4 April 2021).
Do
Aecidium compositarum v Bellides
Melbourne
Aecidium Goodeniacearum B
Braidwood
29
NSW.
Geoglossum Muelleri Berk
Port Phillip (French)
30
Vic. It is not known whether the collector is Charles French Snr or his son Charles H. French. MEL has fungi, including some dated before 1885, collected by each. The specimen of Geoglossum m uelleri attributed to the elder French (MEL 2069157) is dated to 1887 (AVH, accessed 8 November 2023).
Hymenochaete purpurea C & M
31
Cooke & Morgan.
Norfolk Island
Nectria ditissema Tul
Moona N E
32
Probably 'Moona Plains' a grazing property near Walcha, New Englnd (NSW), from where Alexander Crawford sent specimens to M; see, for example, A. Crawford to M, 1884 (in this edition as 84-00-00f).
Peniophora carnea Cke
Walcha
Hirneola polytricha
Torvoomba
33
Toowoomba, Qld.
Scleroderma geaster Fr
Do
Schizophyllum commune Fr
Do
Stereum spadiceum Fr
34
FNI gives Brasadola as the author of this combination.
Walcha N E
15
Poronia punctata Fr (sub Ascobolus ([cr]awfordi)
35
No name similar to Ascobolus crawfordi has been found (FNI and Index fungorum, accessed 4 April 2021).
Source of Namoi
36
Namoi River, NSW.
Stemonitis fusca R
Luttit Bay (Beal)
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Now Lorne, Vic; probably Amy Beal, who is known to have collected algae for M there (see J. Agardh to M, 30 April 1885).
Marasmius ignobilis B
Moona NSW
1
Panus torulosus Fr var.
New Guinea
2
Polyporus xanthopus Fr
Do
3
Trametes occidentalis Fr
Do
4
Polyporyus Haskarlii Lev
Do
5
Lenzites aspera Fr
Do
6
Hexagona polygramma Fr.
38
Name not found (FNI and Index fungorum, accessed 4 April 2021).
Do
7
Polyporus sanguineus Fr
39
Compare with the earlier entry for this species, where the author is given as 'B'; FNI gives Meyer as the author of this combination, not Fries. There is no against this name.
Do
Stereum Boryanum Fr
Do
8
Polyporus flabelliformis Fr
40
FNI give the author of the combination as Klotzsch.
Do
9
Stereum lobatum Kze
41
FNI give the author of the combination as 'Kunze ex FR.) Fr.'.
Do
10
Polyporus senex Nees
Do
M C Cooke
April 4/1885
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The remaining text is at the bottom of the second page of the sheet.
My dear Baron
I have received 2 or 3 letters from you to which I have not replied
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Letters not found.
(I) Because postage is so heavy until your Government will adopt Postal Cards (2) Because I had but little to say.
As far as I can I will save you specimens of Australian Fungi, but hitherto duplicates were handed over to Kew. I have already a number laid aside for you. My "Illustrations" occupy an immense time as I do not employ an artist at all but draw all myself and color the patterns.
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Cooke (1881-91).
This with the revision of all Pyrenomycetes
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Cooke published his 'Synopsis Pyrenomycetum' across several issues of Grevillea, commencing with Cooke (1884) and concluding with Cooke (1891). The articles were reprinted in Cooke (1886-91).
and a proposed Monograph of Polyporus
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The proposed monograph was not published but Cooke issued in seven parts his 'preliminary lists, imperfect though they may be, in order to indicate the arrangement we have decided to adopt' (Cooke (1885), p. 80), with the last issued as Cooke (1886-7), pp. 50-60.
are about sufficient work for 2 or 3 men. Excuse this short note — as you want the above list.
Yours faithfully
M Cooke
Aecidium compositarum v Bellides
Aecidium Goodeniacearum
Agaricus pactolus
Agaricus semiglobatus
Agaricus vaginatus
Amanita vaginatus
Ascobolus [cr]awfordi
Boletus subtomentosus
Clavaria botrytes
Crepidotus pactolus
Cyathus ambiguus
Duldinia vernicosa
Geaster fimbriatus
Geoglossum Muelleri
Hexagona polygramma
Hirneola polytricha
Hymenochaete purpurea
Hymenochaete tabacina
Hypocrea fusarioides
Irpex flavus
Lentinus calvescens
Lenzites aspera
Marasmius ignobilis
Nectria ditissema
Panus torulosus
Peniophora carnea
Polyperus lilaceno-gilvus
Polyporus
Polyporus australis
Polyporus australis
Polyporus blepharistoma
Polyporus caliginosus
Polyporus flabelliformis
Polyporus hirsutus
Polyporus longipipes
Polyporus sanguineus
Polyporus sanguineus
Polyporus senex
Polyporus xanthopus
Polyporyus Haskarlii
Poronia punctata
Pyrenomycetes
Schizophyllum commune
Scleroderma geaster
Sepedonium chrysospermum
Stemonitis fusca
Stereum Boryanum
Stereum lobatum
Stereum spadiceum
Stropharia semiglobatus
Thelephora caperata
Trametes heteromalla
Trametes Muelleri
Trametes occidentalis
Tremella lutescens
Xerotes lateritius
Xerotus papyraceus
Xylaria digitata
Xylaria schweinitzii