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RB MSS M86B, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. 86.04.00h

Plant names

Preferred Citation:

Mordecai Cooke to Ferdinand von Mueller, 1886-04 [86.04.00h]. 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/1880-9/1886/86-04-00h-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. This list comprises four pages. The bottom of the first page is annotated in pencil by J. H. Willis: post 6 June 1885; the bottom of each page is numbered in pencil in large numerals in what may be another hand. There is a mostly illegible pencilled note at the top left corner, '[... ... ...] QL list'.
The list is dated to April 1886 as the latest that it could have been sent for M to be able to report Cooke's identifications of items 896, 891, 895 and 893 in M to O. Tepper, 31 May 1886 (in this edition as 86-05-31b). Species new to Victoria were listed in B86.10.05.
See notes to M. Cooke to M, 17 January 1885 for a discussion of Cooke's author attributions.
FNI and Index fungorum were accessed on 11 May 2021.
Australian Fungi since June 6, 1885
896
Peziza (Coch)
2
Cochlearia.
badia P
Clarendon
3
SA.
Tepper
891
Peziza (Coch) cochleata Bull
4
Not in FNI. Index fungorum give Linnaeus as the author, not Bulliard.
Do
895
Peziza (Pust)
5
Pustularia.
funerata Cooke
Do
Lycoperdon pusillum

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Fr
Tambo River
6
FNI gives Batsch as the author, not Fries; Vic.
Howitt
3
Fuligo varians

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Fr
7
FNI gives Sommerfelt as the author, not Fries.
Guntawang
8
Grazing property near Gulgong, NSW.
NSW
2
Polyporus ochroleucus

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B
Do
Morchella conica

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P
Lake Muir
9
WA.
Dictyophora speciosa

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Endeavour River
10
Qld.
187
Clavaria botrytis

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P
Genoa
11
Vic.
5
Polysaccum marmoratum

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B
Guntawang
21
Do
Do
Do
Polysaccum marmoratum

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B
Port Jackson
12
NSW.
Polysaccum pisocarpium

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Fr
Torvoomba
13
i.e. Toowoomba, Qld.
Polysaccum tuberosum

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Mich
Endeavour River
Cyathus Leseurii

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Tul
Severn Q
14
Qld.
30. 32
Aecidium

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and
Uromyces

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.
Omeo
15
Vic.
Cannot be described till the host plant is known
16
Cooke has a squiggled vertical mark against these two lines of text.
31
no spores found
Agaricus (Lepiola) mastoideus Fr
Snowy River
17
Vic.
893
Agaricus (Crepidotus) cassiaecolor
18
In FNI as Agaricus cassiicolor , of which Index fungorum treats A. cassiaecolor , the spelling used in Cooke (1892), p. 59, as an orthographic variant.
B
Clarendon
Agaricus (Flammula) penetrans Fr
Snowy River
6
Polyporus le ntus B
1
Hexagona decipiens

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B
Do
Clavaria coralloides

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Fr
Tambo River
19
FNI gives Linnaeus as the author, not Fries; Vic.
Howitt
Stereum Sowerbeii

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B
20
S. sowerbei ?
Do
4
Polyporus odontoporus

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Kalch
21
In neither FNI nor Cooke (1892) but listed in Index fungorum from Saccardo (1882-1931), vol 6, p. 149 where it is included in a list under 'Species nobis ignotae' [Species unknown to us].
Guntawang
7
Agaricus (Psall)
22
Psalliota.
campestris L
Do
Agaricus (Pholiota) uncertain
Tambo River
18
Agaricus (Psalliota) semiglobatus Fr
23
FNI gives Batsch as the author, not Fries.
Omeo
Asterina crustacea

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Cooke
Mount Malabar Java
Sphaerella trichomanes

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Cooke
Samoa
Caenogonium Linkii

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(Lichen)
Genoa
24
This is the last entry on the page.
Fomes australis

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Fr
New Guinea
H
Polystictus hirsutus

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Fr
25
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'H'.
St George River N Guinea
Stereum lobatum

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Kze
Astrolabe
26
Astrolabe Bay?
New Guinea
O
Do
Do
27
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'O'.
South East New Guinea
Polystictus sanguineus

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Fr
St George River N Guinea
Agaricus (Pleuer)
28
Pleurotus.
candescens Fr
Yarra Yarra
29
i.e. Yarra River, Vic.
Peziza (Trichoscypha) Hindsii B[k]
New Guinea
N
Lenzites aspera

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Kl
30
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'N'.
Fala River N ew Guinea
Polystictus pictilis

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B
S. E. New Guinea
Polyporus Feei

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Astrolabe N Guinea
Fomes rugosus

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N
S. E. New Guinea
D
Daedalea sanguinea

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Kl
31
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'D'.
St George River N Guinea
Polyporus arcularius

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Fr
Do
Lentinus velutinus

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Fr
S E New Guinea
" ———————— " ——
St George River
Hexagona
32
Hexagonia?
apiaria Fr
N Guinea
L
Dictyonema membranaceum

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Ag
33
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'L'.
Do
B
Polystictus meleagris

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B
34
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'B'.
N. Guinea
Stemonitis elegans

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Roth
Mudgee NSW
Clavaria muscoides

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Upper Yarra River
35
Vic.
A
Clavaria aurea

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P
Gipps Land
36
Gippsland, Vic.
Hygrophorus puniceus

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Fr
Port Phillip
37
Vic.
B
Hydnum ochraceum

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Fr
Dandenong Range
38
FNI gives Persoon, not Fries, as the author of the name; Vic.
Cynophallus Caleyi

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B
Melbourne
Stereum elegans

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Fr
Upper Yarra
Lentinus Lecomtei

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Fr
S E New Guinea
M
Lenzites applanata

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Fr
39
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'M'.
Fala River N Guinea
Lenzites deplanata

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Fr
S E New Guinea
G
Do ——————— Do —————
40
There is an ink ✓ to the left of 'G'.
St George River N G
Scleroderma bovista

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Fr
Port Phillip
Polystictus dilatatus

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B
41
FNI gives Cooke, note Berkeley, as the author of the name.
New Guinea
191
Geaster floriformis

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42
In FNI as Geastrum filiforme , which Index fungorum gives as an orthographic variant .
Vitt
Delegate NSW
[ Ǝ ]
Polystictus lindbladii

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B
New Guinea
9
probably
Licea

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sp pounded up
Daylesford
43
Vic. This is the last entry on p. 2.
Ileodictyon cibarium

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Tul
Mount Macedon
44
Vic.
54
Polystictus xanthopus

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Fr
Thursday Island
45
There is an ink ✓ to the left of '54'. Qld.
Daldinia concentrica

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Not
Blue Mountain
46
Blue Mountains, NSW?
Podaxon pistillaris

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Fr
near Sydney
47
NSW.
Miss Sewell specimens from Upper Swan River
48
WA.
insufficient
1
Agaricus (Crepidotus) mollis Fr
49
FNI gives Schaeffer, not Fries, as the author of the name.
Upper Swan River
3
Stereum illudens

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B
Do
4
Schizophyllum commune var multilobum

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Do
5
Polystictus (Perennes)
50
See Cooke (1892), p. 137, under Polystictus, section a.
oblectans B
Do
6
Schizophyllum commune

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Do
10
Tremella mesenterica

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Fr
51
FNI gives Retzius, not Fries, as the author of this name.
Do
14
Agaricus (Omphalia) pyxidatus Fr
52
FNI gives Persoon, not Fries, as the author of the name; Index fungorum and Cooke (1892), p. 27, give Bulliard.
Do
Eggs of lacewing fly in Vine leaves
Polyporus anthracophilus

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Cke
Gippsland
Do
laetus Cke —————
Do
Polystictus hirsutus

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Fr —————————
Do
Stereum illudens

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B
Do
Agaricus (Psalliota) silvaticus Fr
53
Not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 60, where the author is given as Schaeffer.
Upper Swan River
Asterina sp (exolete)
54
Presumably in the sense of 'rancid' or 'withered', see OED.
S New Guinea
on
Cassia

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no fruit
Ashburton River
55
WA? M is known to have had contact with a grazier in the area, see B85.08.01.
Scleroderma bovista

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Fr
New Guinea
near Ballarat (Spence) all starch, no fungus, but perhaps called
Pachyma cocos

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Fr
Cordyceps Gunnii

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B
56
Not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 277.
Blue mountain
Cyathus vernicosus

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DC
Port Phillip
Sphaerella rubiginosa

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Cke
Johnston River
57
Qld, see Cooke (1885a), p. 90.
Daedalea tenuis

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B
Hartmann
58
Carl Hartmann collected widely in Queensland, and in 1885 and 1887 in New Guinea; it is not known whence this specimen came, although there is an 1886 specimen of the following item, listed as from Hartmann, in the herbarium at Melbourne (MEL 2015602).
Hexagona
59
Hexagonia?
tenuis B
Do
Polyporus lilacino-gilvis B
Gipps Land
Stereum Schomburgkii

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B
New England
60
NSW region.
Irpex zonatus

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B
Gipps Land
Thelephora atra

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Fr
61
FNI gives Weinmann, not Fries, as the author of this name.
Do
Clavaria rufa

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Fr
62
FNI gives O. F. Müller, not Fries, as the author of this name.
Port Phillip
Lycoperdon australe

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B
Upper Swan River
63
This is the final entry on p. 3.
Xylopodium Delastrei

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64
X. delestrei?
M
Stuarts Range Cent Aust
65
SA? There is also a Stuart's Bluff Range in NT.
Mesophellia arenaria

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B
Swan River
Polyporus Gunnii

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B
Gipps Land
Fomes rimosus

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B
Torres Straits
66
Between Qld and Papua New Guinea.
56
Hirneola polytricha

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[M]
67
There is an ink ✓ to the left of '56'. Initial overwritten, apparently to change 'Fr' to 'M'.
Thursday Island
901
Polyporus pelliculosus

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Clarendon
904
68
It is not clear whether the horizontal line under the number is indicating a separation of the list.
Do ——————— Do ———————————
Do
Batarrea
69
Battarrea?
Stevenii Fr
Israelite Bay
70
WA.
Lycoperdon australe

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B
Do
Lycoperdon insignis

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Cooke sp nov
Do
Tulostoma brachypus

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Czern
Do
B
Stereum lobatum

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Kze
Mount Dromedary
71
NSW.
One specimen Mount Dromedary wholly destroyed by insects
Mucor mucedo

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72
Not in FNI, but in Cooke (1892), p. 320.
L on
Litsaea

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Port Darwin
73
This is the final entry. There is a centered wavy line from below this entry to the bottom of the page.