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13. Tomentum hirsute to hispid, reddish brown to grey. 



14. Pileus inseparably attached to substratum; context in 



part at least very hard and woody. Tr. ochrolignea 16 

 14. Pileus not as above, context usually corky. 



Vide P. occidental is, p. 263. 



11. Surface of pileus minutely pubescent or glabrous. 



12. Pileus large, woody. Tr. zimmcrmannii 17 

 12. Pileus small, effused-reflexed to entirely resupinate. 



Vide P. conchatus, p. 265. 

 12. Pileus irregularly developed; white patches in context 



and hymenophore. Tr. incondita 18 



1. Trametes cingidata, Berk. 



Pileus thin, annual, coriaceous, rarely reviving, applanate, 

 broadly attached, or somewhat reduced at base, separate pilei at 

 times connate at margin, 3-5 cm. to 9 cm. by 1-6 cm. to 5 cm. by 

 0-3 cm. to 0-7 cm.; surface black, becoming grey in old specimens, 

 zoned, rough with tubercles or smooth; margin thick and rounded 

 or thin and acute, yellowish brown, velvety to touch; context 

 1 mm. to 4 mm., soft, corky, fibrous, white to light yellowish, 

 zoned; tubes 1 mm. to 3 mm. long; mouths subrotund, 4 to the 

 mm. ; edges entire, white or yellowish to yellowish brown in old 

 specimens, glistening, spores hyaline, globose, 3-7/x to 4/x diam. ; 

 hyphae 3/x to 5/a. 



Distribution. — A common saprophytic fungus. Recorded by 

 J. D. Keet in Eastern Cape Forest Conservancy on Acacia sp. ; 

 W. Haygarth, from the Ngoye Forest, Zululand; J. B. Leslie and 

 G. Hobbs, from Howick, Natal; common on stumps and logs of 

 Acacia mollissima by the writer. 



Easily recognisable by black surface and presence of black 

 spots in old bleached specimens. 



2. Trametes glabrescens (Berk.), Fr. 



Pileus thin, annual, sessile, dimidiate, applanate, 7 cm. to 

 9 cm. by 4-5 cm. to 5 cm. by 0-2 cm. to 0-6 cm.; surface white 

 becoming discoloured, minutely pubescent, zoned, smooth or rough 

 with tubercles; context white, soft-corky to hard, fibrous, 1 mm. 

 to 4 mm. thick; tubes 1 mm. to 3 mm. long, white within; mouths 

 subrotund to angular, 5 to 6 to the mm. ; edges thin, entire, 

 glistening, white changing to yellowish ; spores hyaline, globose to 

 elliptical 3-6/n, by 5//,; setae none; hyphae 5ju, to T^x diam. 



Distribution. — Recorded by J. D. Keet in Eastern Cape Forest 

 Conservancy. 



3. Trametes varians, n. sp. 



Plants effused-refkxed to largely resupinate; pileus corky, 

 rigid, dimidiate, imbricate, at times conchate, 2 cm. to 4 cm. by 

 0-7 cm. to 2 cm. by 0-5 cm. to 1 cm.; surface azonate, minutely 

 pubescent, frequently somewhat tuberculate, at times rugulose and 

 scabrid, creamy white becoming ochraceous to somewhat fuliginous; 



