ABSTRACT
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 156 Previous Reviews on Fungal Biogeography ..................................................................................... 156 Scope and Conventions ..................................................................................................................... 157
Scope and Out-of-Scope Groups and Themes ............................................................................. 157 Conventions ................................................................................................................................. 158
Fungal Biology and Diversity ........................................................................................................... 158 Fungal Diversity in Australasia .................................................................................................... 159 Spore Dispersal ............................................................................................................................ 159
Previous Syntheses of Austral Mycogeography ..................................................................................... 160 Pacific Mycogeography 1983 ............................................................................................................ 160 Horak on Basidiomycete Macrofungi ................................................................................................161 Walker on Plant Parasitic Fungi ........................................................................................................162 Synthesis of Pacic Mycogeography .................................................................................................163 Walker in Fungi of Australia 1996 ....................................................................................................163 Distribution Patterns of Australian Fungi .........................................................................................163 Factors Affecting Distributions ..........................................................................................................165 Biogeography of Exotic Organisms ...................................................................................................165 Biodiversity and Biogeography of Australian Fungi 2001 ............................................................... 166 Taxonomic and Geographic Uncertainty ...........................................................................................167 Distribution within Land Masses .......................................................................................................167
