The correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller: ¶ The Mylitta is an excrescence of a white Polyporus-fungus, which comes above ground. This is easily missed, as few suspect the connection of the two. Should you notice the Polyporus with the Mylitt...

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Physical location:

Box 1791/15, Williamson Papers, La Trobe Australian manuscripts collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne. 93.12.00f

Plant names

Mylitta
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Polyporus
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Preferred Citation:

Ferdinand von Mueller to Herbert Williamson, 1893-12 [93.12.00f]. 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/1890-6/1893/93-12-00f-final.odt>, accessed June 4, 2026

Fragment dated to December 1893 since the subject-matter is evidently closely connected with that of M to H. Williamson, 19 December 1893 (in this edition as 93-12-19a). See also M to H. Williamson, December 1893 (in this edition as 93-12-00).

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