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RB MSS M86B, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 81.12.26a

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Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1881-12-26 [81.12.26a]. 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//letters/1880-9/1881/81-12-26a-final.odt>, accessed June 13, 2026

1
The list is one of a number sent by Cooke that are now in the library of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. See notes to M. Cooke to M, 17 January 1885, for a discussion of Cooke's author attributions.
Unless otherwise noted, all entries with an identifying number or letter have an ink to the left of the numeral or letter.
FNI and Index fungorum were accessed 2 6 June 2021.
The text comprises one folio, folded into four pages. The bottom left of the first page has been annotated by J. H. Willis ' 26 December 1886'.
The list is arranged implicitly in five columns: reference number, Genus, species epithet and author, location, collector. This arrangement is formalised in this transcription.
Au stralian Fungi ( continued)
Cynophallus
Caleyi Berk
Clarence River
2
NSW.
Willcox
59
Polyporus
sp eaten away
Richmond River
3
NSW. There is no against this entry.
133
Indeterminable
Nanina NSW
4
Location not identified. \ against this entry where a might be expected.
Haswell
Thelephora
intybaceus Fr
5
FNI lists Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Sydney
Scott
6
Probably Harriet Scott . There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
Sowerbei B
Twofold Bay
7
NSW
White
103
Stereum
Thozetii B
S W Australia
Muir
122
Immature Polyporus
Do
Do
Stereum
confusum B
Lake Muir
8
WA.
Do
9
There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
"
Twofold Bay
White
10
There is no against this entry.
119
Stereum
hirsutum Fr
11
FNI lists Persoon as the author of this combination, not Fries.
S W Australia
Muir
53
"
"
Toorvoomba
12
i.e. Toowoomba, Qld.
Hartmann
13
Carl Hartmann.
49
"
purpureum Fr
14
FNI lists Persoon as the author of this combination, not Fries.
Illawarra
15
NSW.
Karsten
16
Error for Kirton? Karsten is not known to have collected other than in far north Qld ; see George (2009) and AVH data. William Kirton is known to have collected in the relevant area, including fungi.
"
"
Twofold Bay
White
"
"
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
"
rugosum Fr
Clarence River
Willcox
17
There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
illudens B
N E Tasmania
Wintle
"
Schomburgckii B
18
S. schomburgkii?
Port Denison
19
Now Bowen, Qld.
Shann
92
"
"
Richmond River
Camara
20
There is no against this entry.
"
"
Clarence River
Willcox
15
"
" (jun.)
21
i.e. junior = Junior in the sense of young or immature. See discussion in notes to M. Cooke to M, 26 March 1889 ( in this edition as 89-03-26a ) .
Port Denison
Shann
85
Hymenochaete
phaea B
Tweed River
22
NSW.
Camara
23
There is a pencilled X but no against this entry.
"
"
Mount Dryander
24
Qld.
Shann
69
"
tenuissima B
Tweed River
Camara
Schizophyllum
commune
Port Denison
Shann
Irpex
flavus Jung
25
FNI lists Klotzch as the author of this combination, not Junghuhn.
Clarence River
Willcox
134
"
"
Rockhampto n
26
Qld.
Thozet
60
"
zonatus B
Richmond River
Camara
27
There is no against this entry.
"
coriacea
28
I. coriaceus? In neither FNI nor Cook (1892).
B (?)
Clarence River
Willcox
Hydnum
flavum
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
117
Clavaria
flava
S W Australia
Muir
"
"
Twofold Bay
White
"
kunzei Fr
Trinity Bay
29
Qld.
Karsten
"
"
Mount Dryander
Shann
30
This is the last entry on page 1 .
Panus
conchatus Fr
Clarence River
Willcox
31
There is a pencilled X against this and the following entry.
Clavaria
muscoides Fr
Paramatta River
32
Parramatta? NSW.
Polyporus
lilacinogilvus B
Twofold Bay
White
"
tephronotus B
Clarence River
Willcox
"
ochroleucus B
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
"
"
Sydney
Miss Scott
"
"
Twofold Bay
White
"
"
Longford Tasm.
Appleyard
"
"
Albany
33
WA.
"
ferreus B
Richmond River
Camara
"
"
Port Denison
Shann
"
"
Tweed River
Camara
"
rufescens Fr
Lake Muir
Muir
34
There is a pencilled X against this entry .
"
"
Clarence River
Willcox
"
chioneus Fr
Richmond River
Camara
35
There is a pencilled X against this entry .
Hexagona
36
Hexagonia?
polygramma Fr
Tweed River
Camara
Polyporus
australis Fr
Port Denison
Shann
37
There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
"
Clarence River
Willcox
"
"
Richmond River
Camara
"
Palliseri B
Loddon River
38
Probably Vic; there is also Loddon River in south-west Tasmania.
"
"
Narranoom
39
Narracan, Vic? E. J. Stanger who opened the Narracan school and who resided at Narracan West in 1884 (see E. Stranger to M, 21 April 1884 (in this edition as 84-04-21a)) is known to have collected for M, including fungi.
Stranger
"
"
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
"
"
Trinity Bay
Karsten
"
cinnabarinus Fr
Narranoom
Stranger
"
adustus Fr
Do
Do
40
There is a pencilled X against this entry.
Schizophyllum
commune Fr
Do
Do
Polyporus
fulvus Fr
Twofold Bay
White
"
"
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
"
"
King Georges Sound
41
WA.
Harris
"
"
Port Denison
Shann
Trametes
devexa B
Toorvoomba
Hartmann
"
laevis
42
T. levis?
B (?)
Port Denison
Shann
Polyporus
fomentarius Fr
Twofold Bay
White
43
There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
"
Clarence River
Willcox
44
The is the last entry on page 2.
Boletus
subtomentosus Fr
45
FNI lists Linnaeus as the author of this combination, not Fries.
Lake Muir
Muir
Stereum
illudens B
Narranoom
Stranger
"
spadiceum Fr
46
S. spadiceum not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 186. There is a pencilled X against this entry.
"
"
Polyporus
versicolor Fr
"
"
"
carneus N
"
"
Imperfect resupinate Hydnum
Illawarra
M C Cooke
D ec 26 188 1
Boletus subtomentosus
Clavaria flava
Clavaria kunzei
Clavaria muscoides
Cynophallus Caleyi
Hexagona polygramma
Hydnum flavum
Hymenochaete phaea
Hymenochaete tenuissima
Irpex coriacea
Irpex flavus
Irpex zonatus
Panus conchatus
Polyporus adustus
Polyporus australis
Polyporus carneus
Polyporus chioneus
Polyporus cinnabarinus
Polyporus ferreus
Polyporus fomentarius
Polyporus fulvus
Polyporus lilacinogilvus
Polyporus ochroleucus
Polyporus Palliseri
Polyporus rufescens
Polyporus tephronotus
Polyporus versicolor
Schizophyllum commune
Stereum confusum
Stereum hirsutum
Stereum illudens
Stereum purpureum
Stereum rugosum
Stereum Schomburgckii
Stereum spadiceum
Stereum Thozetii
Thelephora intybaceus
Thelephora Sowerbei
Trametes devexa
Trametes laevis