286 FETCH : 



pore layer stratose, basal layer dirty-yellow, soft, about 1 mm. 

 thick. Pores when fresh, minute, rounded, about O'l mm. 

 diameter, dissepiments thick, fleshy. 



On dead wood, GoHnda, August, 1918 ; No. 5781 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. When fresh resembles Aleurodiscus Peradenise 

 B. & Br. 



Poria rubescens n. sp. 



White, becoming red when bruised, and brownish-red when 

 dry. Widely effused, soft, up to 0*8 mm. thick, with a thin 

 byssoid basal layer, O'l mm. thick; margin narrow, white, 

 tomentose ; dissepiments thick when fresh, becoming thin and 

 rigid when dry ; pores when dry angular, varying greatly in 

 size, from 0" 1 to 0*4 mm. diameter. No cystidia. 



On rotten wood in large patches, Hakgala, No. 5546, 

 December, 1917 ; No. 5995, April, 1919. Indistinguishable 

 from the Poria form of Polyporus interruptus B. & Br. until 

 bruised. 



Poria albocitrina n. sp. 



Effused ; lemon-chrome, with white pore mouths, and 

 therefore appearing white when viewed obliquely ; margin 

 narrow, white, fimbriate ; basal layer very thin, white ; 

 pores up to 4 mm. long, subangular, about 0*2 mm. diameter. 

 Substance moist when fresh. Habit and texture of the 

 Poria form of Polyporus interruptus. 



On dead wood, Kiriwanaketiya, December, 1917 ; No, 5434 

 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Poria sulphurea n. sp. 



Suliihur-yellow with a broad, white, thin, effused, byssoid 

 margin, becoming ochraceous without evident margin. Total 

 thickness 0'5 mm., basal layer almost wanting. Pores oval 

 or circular, up to 0*2 mm. diameter, edge irregular. 



On dead wood, Hakgala, April, 1919 ; No. 5991 in Herb. 

 Peradeniya. The fungus forms at first a widely effused, thin, 

 white, byssoid patch, on which the pores are subsequently 

 developed. 



Trametes Meyeni Klotzsch. 



Peradeniya, June, 1916 ; No. 4910 (det. Lloyd). 



