284 POLYPOREAE OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



Distribution. — A single collection by J. D. Keet in Eastern 

 Cape Forest Conservancy on Rhus laevigata. (Type in Natal 

 Herbarium, No. 87.) 



10. Trametes albotexta, Lloyd. 



Pileus sessile, dimidiate, 8 cm. to 10 cm. by 5 cm. by 14 cm. 

 to 4 cm. ; surface reddish brown, soft to hard, rugulose, tomentose 

 to subglabrous, smooth or scabrid to touch; context 0-4 cm. to 

 0-7 cm., firm, tough, corky, reddish brown; tubes 0-5 mm. to 

 1-5 mm. long, tissue white with reddish-brown hymenium; mouths 

 subrotund to angular, 2 to 3 to mm., edges entire or produced 

 into teeth, Avhite changing to yellowish and dark brown; spores 

 pale brown in mass, subglobose 3-7/i by 5ja; hyphae, 4ju, to 5/x. 



Distribution. — On dead Podocarpus sp. in Hlatikulu Forest 

 (Type in Natal Herbarium, No. 181). Collected also by Miss 

 A. V. Duthie. 



The surface and context colour are peculiar and would aid 

 in the recognition. 



11. Trametes hispida, Bagl. 



Plants annual, sessile or eff used -reflex ed ; pileus 4 cm. to 

 10 cm. by 1 cm. to 2 cm. by 0-9 cm. firm, rigid when dry; surface 

 rustv brown, densely hirsute or hispid, azonate, old specimens 

 almost glabrous, soft becoming hard; context reddish brown, soft, 

 spongy above to corky below, becoming firm and woody, 0-5 cm. 

 to 0-7 cm. thick; tubes 1 mm. to 3 mm. long; mouths angular, 2 

 to the mm. ; edges thin, entire, rusty red to greyish brown, spores 

 hyaline; hyphae 4/x to 8ju, diam. 



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

 Conservancy, saprophytic on Schotia I at i folia. 



12. Trametes moesta, Kalcb. 



Plants sessile, perennial; pileus corky, dimidiate, thickest 

 behind, triangular in section, 3 cm. to 4 cm. by 1-5 cm. to 2 cm. by 

 0-3 cm. to 1-5 cm. ; surface azonate, creamy white to fuliginous, 

 finely tomentose to sub-glabrous, smooth to rugulose; context 2 

 to 3 mm. thick, fibrous, tough, umber-brown; tubes 1 to 3 mm. 

 long, older filled with hyphae growth, interior white to glaucous; 

 mouths subrotund to elongated and daedaloid, 1 to 2 to the mm. 

 measured transversely; edges entire; spores hyaline; hyphae simple, 

 2/i to 4/i, diam. 



Collector. — A. Roberts, locality unknown to the writer. 



13. Trametes sub f lava, Lloyd. 



Pileus sessile, ungulate, sub-triquetrous, 10 cm. by 14 cm. by 

 8 cm.; surface soft, velvety-tomentose, light yellow; context 0-5 cm. 

 to 2 cm. thick, yellow, soft, lough, towlike; tubes 1 mm. or less 

 long; mouths subrotund 4 to 6 to the mm.; edges thin, entire, 

 darker yellow than context, shining; spores hyaline, globose, 

 4/* diam. 



