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Physical location:

RB MSS M86B, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 85.06.06a

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1885-06-06 [85.06.06a ]. 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/85-06-06a>, accessed September 11, 2025

1
The three foolscap sheets transcribed here are among a number sent by Cooke now in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. They have been associated by J. H. Willis with M. Cooke to M, 4 April 1885 (in this edition as 85-04-04b) but are dated here to 6 June 1885 on the basis that there is another item headed by Cooke 'Australian fungi since June 6, 1885', this also being consistent with the date '23/7/85' in M's annotations on each sheet. Because they were received together, they are treated as a single item. The sequence of the sheets is that arranged by Willis and is not necessarily the order in which they were assembled by Cooke.
Fungi from near Melbourne sent to Kew
2
Annotated top left [one illegible word] | 25/7/85.
All names on the first sheet have a ✓ against them at the beginning of the name. Some have marks at the end of the name; these are individually noted.
Agaricus (Pleurotus) applicatus Batsch
3
✓ after Batsch.
Laschia tremellosa

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Fr
Dacrymyces stillatus

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Fr
4
FNI attributes this name to Nees von Essenbeck, not Fries (accessed 2 April 2021).
Lycoperdon pyriforme

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Agaricus (Crepidotus) mollis Schaeff
5
✓ after Schaeff.
Agaricus (Flammula) spumosus Fr
6
✓ converted to x after Fr.
Agaricus (Pleurotus) atro coeruleus Fr
7
✓ after Fr.
Agaricus (Leptonia) aethops Fr.
8
x after Fr.
Agaricus (Naucoria) conspersus Fr
9
x after Fr.
Agaricus (Collybia) radicatus Fr
10
x after Fr; FNI attributes this name to Relhan, not Fries (accessed 2 April 2021).
Clavaria flava var dichotoma

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Fr
11
Variety name not found (FNI and Index fungorum each accessed 2 April.
Agaricus (Psilocybe) ericaeus P
12
✓ after P.
Agaricus (Stropharia) semiglobatus Fr
13
✓ after Fr; FNI attributes the name to Batsch, not Fries.
Agaricus (Mycena) galericulatus Fr
14
✓ after Fr; FNI attributes the name to Scopoli, not Fries.
Agaricus (Panaeolus) fimiputris Fr
15
✓ after Fr; FNI attributes the name to Bulliard, not Fries.
Agaricus (Clitocybe) ditopus Fr
16
✓ after Fr.
Agaricus (Omphalia) umbelliferus L
17
✓ after L.
Agaricus (Naucoria) subglobosus Fr
18
✓ after Fr.
Hymenochaete purpureum

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Cke
Polyporus borealis

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Fr
Irpex flavus

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Jungh
19
FNI attributes the name to Klotzsch, not Junghuhn.
Lycoperdon pusillum

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Fr
20
FNI attributes the name to Batsch, not Fries.
Stereum elegans

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Fr
Stemonitis fusca

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Roth
Didymium farinaceum

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Schrad
Polyporus rhipidium

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Berk
Ustilago utriculosa

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Fr
21
Index fungorum attributes the name to Tulasne & Tulasne, not Fries.
Puccinia dichondrae

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Berk
Antennaria Robinsonii

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M & B
Ustilago carbo

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Tul
Puccinia graminis

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P
Polyporus ochroleucus

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Berk
Polyporus vaporarius

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Fr
Polyporus tardus

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B
Polyporus portentosus

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Berk
Lycoperdon austral

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Berk
Thelephora pedicellate

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Schw
Agaricus (Clitocybe) infundibuliformis Fr
22
✓ converted to x after Fr; FNI attributes the name to Schaefer, not Fries.
Agaricus (Mycena) trachycephalus K
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✓ converted to x after K; FNI attributes the name to Mueller & Kalchbrenner, not Kalchbrenner alone, see Kalchbrenner (1880), p. 151, dated June. The name had been published earlier, in B80.02.02, p. 89, with the same authorship.
Lycoperdon caelatum

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Fr
24
FNI attributes the name to Bulliard, not Fries.
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Mesophellia

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apparently a new species
MCC
Australian Fungi from Baron Mueller
25
The single foolscap sheet with text on both sides is annotated by M: 'Rec | 23/7/85'. Unless otherwise noted, on this sheet there is a ✓ to the left of the name.
22
Trametes occidentalis

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Fr
Port Denison Shann
26
William Shann. There is no ✓ against this name.
Polyporus fragilis

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Fr (resupinate)
Richmond River
27
NSW. There is no ✓ against this name.
2
Secotium Drummondi

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B
Moonan Carter
28
Henriette Carter, living at Moonan Brook, near Scone, NSW. There is no ✓ against this name.
904
Agaricus (Naucoria) sobrius Fr
Clarendon
29
SA.
Tepper
30
For M's report of receipt of this and other names of Tepper-numbered specimens, see M to O. Tepper, 25 July 1885 (in this edition as 85-07-25b). Note: some numbered names are not numbers of Tepper collections, for example the specimen numbered 9 below.
906
Agaricus (Omphalia) umbelliferus ?
Do
31
There is no ✓ against this name.
884
Agaricus (Flammula) spumosus Fr
Do
Mylitta australis

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Gipps Land
32
Now Gippsland, Vic.
Stranger
33
Vic; Elijah Stranger. There is no ✓ against this name.
Hydnum stipatum

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B
Richmond River
34
NSW.
Polyporus calceous

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B.
Do
Agaricus (Lepiota) gracilentus Fr.
35
FNI attributes the name to Krombholz not Fries.
Barossa Range
36
SA.
905
Clavaria rugosa

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Fr
Clarendon
Agaricus (Flammula) picreus
Maryborough Vic
Agaricus (Crepidotus) mollis
Upper Yarra Lucas
37
Vic. Probably Arthur H. S. Lucas or his brother Thomas P. Lucas; another possibility, Robert Lucas, collected for M mainly in the Otway Ranges.
880
Agaricus (Hypholoma) fascicularis Fr
Clarendon
881
Hygrophorus ceraceus

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Fr
Clarendon
851
Agaricus (Omphalia) umbelliferus Fr
Do
Helotium capensis

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K & C
Richmond River Hodgkinson
38
NSW. Probably Mary Hodgkinson, possibly her husband James Hodgkinson.
Clavaria inaequalis

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Fr
39
FNI attributes the name to O. F. Müller, not Fries, although Index fungorum has Fries as the author of the combinations including varieties angustata, aurantiaca, fusiformis, and helvola.
Urara River Thornton
40
Now Orara River, NSW. Edith Thornton collected specimens for M in this area; see, for example, E. Thornton to M, 7 April 1884. See also Maroske & Vaughan (2014), p. 135.
Peziza (Humaria) fusispora B
Port Phillip (Watts)
41
Vic. Probably Henry Watts, who is known to have collected cryptogams; see H. Watts to M, 15 October 1883.
Hirneola polytricha

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M
Severn (Hartmann)
42
Qld; probably C. H. Hartmann.
Mylitta sp
43
There is no ✓ against this name.
Severn (Hartmann)
Ceratium arbuscula

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B
Richmond River
44
NSW.
Polyporus australis

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Fr
Bloomfield River
45
North Qld.
Polyporus lucidus

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Fr
Mossman's River
46
North Qld.
17
Chlorosplenium aeruginosum

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Tul
47
FNI attributes the combination to De Notaris, but Index fungorum attributes a variety, multorum, to Tulasne &Tulasne.
Gipps Land
Peziza (Scutellinia) scutellata L
nr Ballarat
48
Vic.
Morchella conica

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P
Caliban River
49
Error for Coliban River? Near Kyneton, Vic.
Peziza (Cupulares) applanata Fr
N Gipps Land
Spumaria alba

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Fr
50
FNI attribute the combination to Candiolle & Lamarck, not Fries.
Tarwin River Gipps Land
Ustilago carbo

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Tul
base of Mt Macedon
51
Vic.
Peziza (Scutellinia) stictica B
Scone NSW Carter
9
Dacrymyces deliquescens

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Fr
52
FNI attribute the combination to Duby, not Fries.
Gipps Land Tisdall
53
Henry Tisdall.
Peziza (Scutellinia) margaritacea B
Richmond River
894
Polyporus oblectans

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B
Clarendon Tepper
Aleurodiscus tabacinus

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Cke
Moona NSW
8
Trichia fragilis

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Sow
Mossmanns Bay Whitelegge
54
Error for Mosman Bay, NSW, an area in which Thomas Whitelegge is known to have collected specimens?
890
Secotium coarctatum

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B
Clarendon Tepper
749
Dacrymyces sp
55
There is no ✓ against this name.
Do Do
887
Agaricus (Tubaria) inquilinis Fr
Do Do
888
Agaricus (Galera) tener Fr
56
FNI attributes A. tener to Schaeffer, but there is a species A. tenax attributed to Fries.
Do Do
886
Agaricus indeterminable
57
There is no ✓ against this name.
Do Do
889
Agaricus (Naucoria) pediades Fr. prox.
58
There is no ✓ against this name.
Do Do
850
Agaricus (Naucoria) sideroides Fr
59
Index fungorum attributes this name to Bulliard, not Fries.
Do Do
200
Sellerasmius calobates

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Kalch
Moe Gippsland
60
The text ends about one-third of the way down the page; there is no signature. What follows is on a separate sheet.
The following cannot be determined
61
The top left of the sheet is annotated by M 'Rec | 23/7/85'. The layout of the sheet is not all in the semi-tabulated form of the previous one, but the transcription is structured to preserve the logical relationships within the entries. The text occupies about one half of one side of a foolscap page, and ends without signature.
Agaric in fragments
Richmond River
Hodgkinson
Agaricus (Naucoria)
Do
Do
24
Agaricus (Mycena)
N Gipps Land
Tisdall
11
Agaricus
Do
10
Agaricus
Do
Conidial form pf
Cordyceps

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on Melolontha larva?
62
Melolontha is a genus of beetles.
near the Bega NSW
No fungus found on
Calocephalus multiflorus

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W.Aust
Small Agaric on rotten wood
Richmond River
Hodgkinson
744, 748, 742, 907, 885, 753, Agarics
Clarendon
822
Agaricus (Crepidotus)
Clarendon
Tepper
879
Agaricus (Naucoria)
Do
Agaricus (Flammula)
Moa
63
Moe?
Gipps Land
Webb
64
Not identified.
1053
Agaricus (Omphalia)
Clarendon
Agaric
Western Port
Musgrave
65
Not identified.
883
Agaricus (Flammula)
Clarendon
Tepper
892
Agaricus
Do
Do
221
Capillitium without spores
Daintree River
66
Qld.
Imperfect
Sphaeria

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on
Ficus macrophylla

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fruits
Goode Island
Powell
67
W. D. S. Powell, based at Goode Island (now Goods Island), Torres Strait, Qld, 1878-88.