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RB MSS M86B, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 82.11.20

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1882-11-20. 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/1880-9/1882/82-11-20-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 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. The item is a folded folio, giving four pages.
Unless otherwise noted, all entries with an identifying number or letter have an ink ✓ to the left of the numeral or letter. Most have pencil marks adjacent to the left of the entry. Absence of such marks has not been noted: they differ in form and it is not clear whether or not all were made by the same person.
FNI and Index fungorum were accessed 3 September 2021.
The bottom right of the first sheet has been annotated by J. H. Willis: '20 November 1882'.
The list is arranged implicitly in five columns: reference number, Genus, species epithet and author, location, collector (although 'collector' is infrequently stated). The arrangement is formalized in this transcription.
Australian Fungi
205
Stereum
caperatum B
Endeavour River
2
Qld; there is no ✓ against this entry, but there is a pencil \.
Do —----------------
———————————
Illawarra
3
NSW.
3
Do —----------------
———————————
Illawarra
224, 4, 5
Stereum
lobatum Kze
Torvoomba
4
i.e. Toowoomba, Qld; position where a ✓would be obscured by ink blot.
204
Do —----------------
——---
Endeavour River
Stereum
hirsutum Fr
5
FNI gives the author of the combination as Persoon, not Fries.
Moe Swamp
6
Vic.
Stereum
illudens B
Moe Swamp
Do
Illawarra
Hymenochaete
phaea B
Illawarra
(Camara)
7
Although unnumbered, this entry has a ✓ and a / to the left of the line.
" ——————————
—————————
Daintree River
8
Qld.
" ——————————
———
Mittagong
9
NSW.
" ——————————
—————————
Moe Swamp
Auricularia
lobata Fr
Illawarra
(Kirton)
Do ——————
—————————
Endeavour River
Cladoderris
dendritica P
Daintree River
790
Stereum
Sowerbeyi B
Clarendon
10
SA; there is no ✓ against this entry, but there is a pencil \. FNI has S. sowerbei; Cooke (1892), p. 182 has S. sowerbeii.
Stereum
Thozetii B
Endeavour River
806
Stereum
purpureum Fr
Clarendon
11
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries. There is no ✓ against this entry, but there is a pencil \.
720
Stereum
elegans Fr
Clarendon
Do ————————
——————————————
Endeavour River
Bovista
lilacina B&M
Illawarra
Geaster
fimbriatus Fr
12
I n FNI as Geastrum fimbricatum .
Do
Ileodictyon
cibarium Tul.
Mt Dromedary
13
There is more than one Mt Dr omedary in Australia, one in each of Tas. and Qld and two in NSW. The specimen is likely to have come from the locality in the south-east of NSW near Tilba Tilba, where Edward Reader is known to have collected for M, see E. Reader to M, 18 March 1880, and B81.02.02.
16
Lycoperdon
australe B
Swan River
14
WA; there is no ✓ against this entry.
" ——————————
pyriforme Fr
15
FNI gives Schaeffer as the author, not Fries.
Illawarra
" ——————————
gemmatum Fr
16
FNI gives Batsch as the author, not Fries.
Do
" ——————————
" ——————
Endeavour River
17
Geaster
saccatus
17
I n FNI as Geastrum saccutum ; there is no ✓ against this entry.
Fr
Swan River
Laschia
tremellosa Fr
Illawarra
Xerotus
papyraceus B
Gipps Land
18
Now Gippsland, Vic.
215
Lentinus
Schomburgckii
19
In FNI and Cooke (1892), p. 92 as L. schomburgkii .
B
Daintree River
Schizophyllum
commune Fr
Moe Swamp
Do ————————
——— Do
Torvoomba
20
This is the last entry on page 1.
Lactarius
piperatus Fr
21
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Endeavour River
Ceratium
hydnoides A & S
22
Not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 384.
Do
Tremella
foliacea Fr
23
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Moe Swamp
7
Hirneola
auriformis Fr
Torvoomba
Hirneola
polytricha Fr
Illawarra
8
Do ————————
——— Do
Torvoomba
D
Do ————————
——— Do
Endeavour River
Stereum
molle Lev
24
FNI gives Berkeley as the author, not Léveillé.
Daintree River
Hydnum
coralloides Fr
25
FNI gives Scopoli as the author, not Fries.
Illawarra
C
Irpex
flavous Jungh
Endeavour River
26
There is no ✓ against this entry; FNI gives Klotzsh as the author, not Junghuhn.
Irpex
zonatus B
Illawarra
Irpex
gausapatus B & C
Endeavour River
203
Lenzites
deplanata Fr
Endeavour River
1
Lenzites
repanda Fr
Torvoomba
214
Laschia
tremellosa Fr
Daintree River
Hexagona
27
Hexagonia?
Gunnii B
Gipps Land
225
Hexagona
polygramma M
Torvoomba
Do ————————
——— Do
Goode Island
28
Torres Strait, Qld.
4
Do ————————
——— Do
Illawarra
Do ————————
——— Do
Endeavour River
Craterellus
confluens S
29
FNI gives Berkeley & Curtis as the author, not Saccardo or Schweinitz. (It is unclear to whom Cooke was referring with his abbreviation.)
Do
5
Clavaria
botrytis P
Torvoomba
6
Do ————————
———————
Do
30
There is no ✓ against this entry.
Polyporus (Pleur)
31
Pleuropus. This infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Blume & T. F. L. Nees von Esenbeck (1826), p. 18.
affinis N
Daintree River
Polyporus (Pleur)
picipes F
Endeavour River
6
Do ————————
———————
Illawarra
212
Polyporus (Pleur)
carneoniger B
Daintree River
Polyporus (Mes)
32
Mesopus. This infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Berkeley (1845), p. 51.
oblectans B
Illawarra
Polyporus (Mes)
similis B
Goode Island
Do ————————
Do ————————
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Pleur)
riphidium B
Illawarra
Polyporus (Pleur)
sanguineus Fr
33
FNI gives Meyer as the author of the combination, not Fries.
Endeavour River
Do ————————
Do ————————
Daintree River
Do ————————
Do ————————
Mitchell River
34
There is more than one Mitchell River in Australia; it is not possible to determine which location is intended in the absence of details of the collector. AVH lists four specimens collected before 1882, three from Queensland and one from New South Wales, all in the National Herbarium of Victoria. However, none map to the region of any of the Australian Mitchell Rivers.
This is the final entry on page 2 of the list.
Polyporus (Mesopus)
Xanthopus Fr
Daintree River
Do ————————
————————
Endeavour River
Do ————————
————————
Goode Island
206
Polyporus (Pleur)
lucidus Fr
Endeavour River
Do ————————
————————
Daintree River
Trametes
funalis
35
Trametes funalis

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not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 143 as a synonym of Polystictus funalis.
Fr
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Ano)
36
Anodermei. This infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Berkeley & Cooke (1877), p. 380.
substuppeus B&Cke
Do
Polyporus (Pl)
37
Pleuropus, see above, n. 31.
elongatus B
Do
202
Polyporus (Pl)
Boucheanus Fr
38
FNI gives Berkeley as the author of the combination, not Fries.
Do
217
Polyporus (Pleur)
scopulosus B
Daintree River
Poly (Plac)
39
Polyporus. Placodermei: this infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Berkeley & Broome (1875), p. 50 (in the part issued 9 October 1873).
zonalis B
Do
218
Polyporus (Plac)
dochmius B
Do
Polyporus (Plac)
senex Nees
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Plac)
carneus N
Do
219
Polyporus (Plac)
lilacinogilvus B
Daintree River
Do ————————
Do ————————
Illawarra
Polyporus
scruposus Fr
Endeavour River
213
Do ————————
————————
Daintree River
216
Polyporus
flabelliformis Kl
Do
Polyporus
elongatus B
Endeavour River
Do ————————
Do ————————————
Illawarra
40
Entry interlined.
208
Polyporus
grammocephalus B
Endeavour River
Do ————————
Do ————————————
Daintree River
Polyporus (Ano)
cinnabarinus Fr
Swan River
Polyporus (Plac)
conchatus Fr
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Plac)
australis Fr
Moe Swamp
Polyporus (Ano)
corrivalis Berk
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Ino)
41
Inodermei: this infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Berkeley (1873), p. 163.
versicolor Fr
Torvoomba
2 & 3
Polyporus (Ino)
hirsutus Fr
Do
" ————————
——— " —————————
Illawarra
" ————————
——— " —————————
Endeavour River
" ————————
——— " —————————
Moe Swamp
Trametes
occidentalis Fr
Endeavour River
220
Daedalea
sanguinea Kl
Daintree River
G
Polyporus (Ino)
Peradeniae B & Br
Endeavour River
42
There is a \, but no ✓ against this entry. This is the final entry on p. 3 of the list.
Polyporus (Ino)
pinsitus Fr
Endeavour River
Trametes
cristata Cke
Do
Polyporus
monochrous B (junior?)
43
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).
Daintree River
11
44
There is a \, but no ✓ against this entry.
Polyporus
portentosus B
Torvoomba
Clavaria
mucida Fr
45
FNI gives Persoon as the author, not Fries.
Illawarra
2
Clavaria
aurea Fr
46
FNI gives Schaeffer as the author, not Fries.
Do
717
47
There is a \, but no ✓ against this entry and the next.
Do —————
——————————
Clarendon
745
Polyporus
vaporarius Fr
Do
Do —————
————— Do ———-----
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Res)
48
Resupinatus; this infrageneric name is not used in Cooke (1892), nor in FNI, but see Cooke & Ellis (1881).
hyposclerus B
Daintree River
Polyporus (Res)
vulgaris Fr
Endeavour River
Polyporus (Res)
corium Kze
Do
Polyporus (Res)
callosus Fr
Do
Polyporus
contiguus Fr
Daintree River
Trametes
pictus
49
in FNI and Cooke (1892), p. 157 as Trametes picta.
B
Endeavour River
Trametes
sprucei B
Do
Trametes
Muelleri B
Do
210
Trametes
lactineus
50
in FNI and Cooke (1892), p. 158 as Trametes lactinea.
B
Do
Mycelium probably Poly. portentosus
Clarendon
211
Peziza
tricholoma M
51
i.e., Montagne.
Daintree River
Hypoxylon
concentricum Fr
52
FNI gives Greville as the author of the combination, not Fries.
Gipps Land
Do ———
——---------------------————————
Endeavour River
743
53
There is no ✓ against this entry or the next.
Agaricus
semiglobatus Fr
54
FNI gives Batsch as the author, not Fries.
Clarendon
374
Agaricus (Pholiota)
55
Merisma; this infrageneric name is not in FNI, but used in Cooke (1892), p. 45.
allantopus
Do
Panus
incandescens Muller
56
FNI gives Berkeley & Broome (1883), p. 55, as the author, not Muller. It is described from F. M. Bailey’s specimen, no. 26.
Illawarra
2
57
There is a \, but no ✓ against this entry.
Polyporus (Mer)
58
Merisma; this infrageneric name is not in FNI, but used in Cooke (1881-3), vol. 12, p. 15 (1883).
retiporus Cke
Do
209
Polyporus (Plac)
zonalis B
Daintree River
12
Polyporus
betulinus Fr
Torvoomba
10
Boletus
Hartmanni Sp. nov.
59
No publication of this name has been found.
Do
60
The end of the list is marked with two angled lines beneath the last number.
M C Cooke
Nov 20/82
Some specimens covered with varnish cannot be identified