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294. /^olyslictiis 2'crsatilis, Berk, (sometimes placed uiifler Irpc.v or 

 Tramctcs, Lloyd). Cooke, Handb. of Atistr. Fungi, No. 766, Queensland, Xew 

 South Wales, and as P. i'chusIks, No. 772, Queensland, Western Australia. 

 Queensland: Stradbroke Island, September (Lloyd, No. 589); on dead stump 

 of Callitris columcUaris, F. v. M., Bribie Island, Moreton Bay, September 

 (Lloyd, No. 494). New South Wales: On stump of fallen Callitris rohusta, 

 R. Br., violet tint when fresh, Narrabri, June (Lloyd, No. 539) ; on fallen 

 Eucalyptus branch. Scone, May (Lloyd, No. 327 — "old, indurated, and denuded, 

 P. venustus. Berk., in this condition") ; Kendall, August (Lloyd, No. 580). 



295. Polystictus (Hcxagona) luteo-olivaceus, B. and Br. Cooke, Handb. 

 Austr. Fungi, No. 800 (Queensland). Queensland: Imbil, August. Lloyd, No. 

 741). New South Wales: Boatharbour, near Lismore, August (Lloyd, No. 

 395) ; on fallen log, Malanganee, August (Lloyd, No. 396) ; near \\'auchope, 

 February (Lloyd. No. 304) ; National Park, May. 



296. Polystictus suhcongener, Berk. Lloyd, Mycol. Notes, No. 61, p. 898. 

 fig. 1578, and No. 62, p. 935, fig. 1710. Syn., Dacdalca suhcongcucr, Berk., 

 in Cooke, Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 867. Bellinger River, June (Mr. Smithers). 

 I^loyd, in describing and figuring our specimens, says he can only consider this 

 species as a form of the common P. occidcntalis with scabrous rather than 

 hirsute surface and larger pores. He points out that the surface is short and 

 subsccTbrous, not velutinate as described. 



297 (iii., 160). Polystictus clongatus, Berk. Queensland: Bunya Moun- 

 tains, October (confirmed, Lloyd. No. 596). New South Wales: Comboyne, 

 September (confirmed. Lloyd, No. 561) ; on dead trunk of Pinus, Centennial 

 Park, Sydney, November (confirmed, Lloyd, No. 471). 



298 (iii., 164). Polystictus occidcntalis, Klotzsch. We have specimens from 

 Fiji (Mrs. Lucas), identified by Lloyd (No. 562 and No. 578, the latter a rather 

 thick form). 



299 (iii.. 165). Polystictus (Trametes) Pcrsoouii, Mont. IJoyd has iden- 

 tified Fiji specimens (No. 571, Mrs. Lucas) for us. 



300 (iii., 167). Polystictus flaz'us, Klotz. Queensland: Enoggera, September 

 (confirmed. Lloyd, Nos. 598, 609) ; Imbil Forest. August. New South Wales: 

 Kangaroo Valley, June (confirmed, Lloyd. No. 543). 



301 (iii., 168). Polystictus versicolor, L. Queensland. Pileus chiefly 

 l;etween Cinnamon Buff and Clay Colour (Ridgway. xxix. ), with darker zones 

 and some bands with a greyish tinge ; hymenium near the same colour ; Bunya 

 Mountains, October (identified by Lloyd, No. 605, who considers this a distinct 

 and constant form, meriting a name). New South Wales: Bellinger River. 

 June (Mr. Smithers; confirmed, Lloyd. No. 536) ; Mosman. June, base reduced 

 to a narrow stalk (Lloyd, No. 544) ; Kangaroo Valley. June, a Cladodcrris 

 form identified by Lloyd (No. 537) ; Macquarie Pass. August, "a pale form 

 close to the form called Polystictus hirsutuhts, Schw." (Lloyd. No. 389) ; near 

 Robertson, August, departing from the usual form in "the more glabrous pileus 

 and darker pore mouths (Lloyd. No. 390) ; Kendall. August, a thick form, 

 identified by Lloyd, No. 497; on telegraph poles, causing rotting. Mosman. 

 May, and Neutral Bay. October, identified by Lloyd, "an unusual trametoid 

 form" (No. 470). South Australia: On telegraph post and stumps. Mount 

 Lofty. June, July; on cut stump, a dark greyish-brown form ("a colour form," 

 Lloyd, No. 649), Mount Lofty, June, shed spores sausage-shaped, slightly 

 curved, 53 to 7x2 ^ ; Morialta Falls, October. 



302. Polystictus nigricans, Lasch. A dark form of P. versicolor. Dark, 

 nearly blackish, specimens collected by A. M. Lea, at Wilmot. Tasmania, in 

 January. 1918, and recorded by us in iii., 168. as P. versicolor, Lloyd (No. 739) 



