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coloured species P. cinnaharinus, Fr. and P. sanguineus, Fr., may 

 both often be observed in abundance in the damp parts of forests 

 on any old timber, and from tlieir bright colors are sure to attract 

 attention. These species are widely spread in Australia and 

 other warm countries ; in Queensland they are often accompanied 

 by Boedalea Sprucei, Berk., and Trametes2nctus, Berk. Thorough 

 bark of sheaoaks, casuarinas is often covered with the beautiful 

 dark-brown velvety Pohjporus ciclioraceus, Berk. But it is in the 

 scrubs lining the watercourses on the eastern side of the Dividing 

 Range that the greatest variety of the genus Polyporus will be 

 seen and conspicuously the Fan fungus Polyporus fiahelliformis, Fr. 

 and goblet-shai)ed P. xantlioims, Fr., two easily recognised species 

 even from their appropriate specific names. The same may be 

 said of P. Jiirsutus, Fr., whose pileus is usually covered with 

 somewhat soft, scaly hairs. A ver}^ abundant kind on scrub-logs 

 is the large yi^nie Lenzites deplanata, Fr., whose curious hymenium 

 closely resembles that of a Bcedaha. Though not regarded with 

 much esteem as esculents, yet some species of the tribe Pohjporei 

 have been, and are used as articles of food in other 23arts of the 

 world. Generally speaking they are not favorites, but at the 

 same time it might be well to exj)eriment with some of the 

 Australian kinds. 



In the close dark scrubs of Queensland one may often meet 

 with logs the tops of which are bordered with the large cups of 

 Thelephora lamellata, B. et C. These cups frequently grow one 

 within another, but when seen singly they will often measure 

 from 8 to 10 inches across. Where the ground is soft, formed of 

 a leafy mould the pretty earth-star Geaster saccata, Fr., and others 

 will be common, and should the season be warm and wet several 

 species of the tribe Phalloidei may be met with, such as the red 

 star, a kind resembling somewhat the sea anemone. This is the 

 Aseroe rulnim of Labillardiere. The ball-net Ileodictyon gracile, 

 Berk., and the superb new species of Dictyophora — D. multicolor, 

 B. et Br. Most species of this tribe are attractive to the eye, but 



