ADDITIONS TO THE FAMILY MEGALOSPORACEAE IN TASMANIA AND MAINLAND AUSTRALIA

Two new species are described: Megalospora occidentalis Kantvilas from Western Australia, with solitary muriform ascospores; M. pulverata Ka ntvilas from Tasmania, with typically two-spored asci and bicellular a scospores. The new combination M. melanodermia var. galactocarpa (Zahl br.) Kantvilas is proposed. Megalospora taylori Dodge, described from Tasmania, is a synonym of M. gompholoma subsp. fuscolineata Sipman. Ne w records are reported for Megalo-blastenia flavidoatra (Nyl.) Sipman (from Tasmania), Megalospora disjuncta Sipman (from New South Wales an d Queensland), and M. subtuberculosa (Knight) Sipman (from New South W ales). Additional data for Austroblastenia pupa Sipman, M. gompholoma subsp. fuscolineata Sipman and M. lopadioides Sipman, and a key for th e family in Australia are presented. M. disjuncta Sipman is lectotypif ied. Biogeographical and ecological patterns are discussed briefly.