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Polyporus (Mesopus) grammocephalus, Berkl. 



Polypoius (Mesopus) grammocephalus, Berkl. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot., i. (1842), p. 148, et in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands. — Australia to the Philippines, India, and Ceylon, and also in the 

 West Indies and Brazil. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) elegans, Fries. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) elegans, Fries, Ep., p. 440 ; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands. — Europe, North India, Tasmania, West Indies, and widely spread 

 in North America. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) rasipes, Berkl. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) rasipes, Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 

 Pileo flabelliformi conchato sericeo lineato subvelutino zonato rufo, exsiccato incurvo ; 

 stipite brevi applanato hispidulo ; hymenio pallido ; poris minutis angulatis, dissepimentis 

 tenuibus. 



Pileus f to 1 inch across ; stem ^ inch high, dilated upwards ; pores shs inch in 

 diameter. Much contracted when dry. The short hairs on the stem sometimes pointing 

 upwards. 



Admiralty Islands. — This species was founded on the insular specimens collected by 

 Mr Moseley, but it has also been collected in Australia. 



Polyporus (Pleuropus) stereinus, Berkl. et Cooke. 



Polyporus (Pleurop>us) stereinus, Berkl. et Cooke in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., x. p. 308 ; Berkl. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands. — Also inhabiting Java and Brazil. 



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Polyporus (Placodermei) igniarius, Fries. 



Polyporus (Placodermei) iijuiarius, Fries, Hymen. Eur., p. 559; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 

 xvi. p. 49. 



Admiralty Islands. — This is known from Europe, Socotra, Ceylon, Siam, Tasmania, 

 South Africa, and in America from the United States southward to the island of Juan 

 Fernandez. 



Polyporus (Placodermei) australis, Fries. 



Polyjiorus (Placodermei) australis, Fries, Hymen. Eur., p. 556; Berkl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., 

 xvi. p. 49. 



Ahmiralty Islands. — Spread over nearly all tropical and subtropical countries, and 

 extending into temperate regions in Europe and New Zealand. 



