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stem short, thick, equal (1-2 in. x 1 in.), solid, ochraceous; 
mycelium profuse, white, forming a dense mass at the base; 
tubes adnate, or a little decurrent, broad; pores large, 
coher angular, spores 12 x 45 p, pale olive. On the ground, 
nsland.’’ 
Lloyd (1.c.) states that this is known from but one col- 
lection made in Australia, and preserved at Kew (England). 
“It is quite a distinct thing with a pileus resembling in some 
respects that of Polyporus betulinus. It has a soft, white 
flesh and a thin, papery, smooth cuticle. The stems are 
short, thick, and mesopodal. They are so covered with 
adhering dirt that it cannot be told whether or not they 
belong in the section with black stems. The pores are large, 
irregular, and apparently have turned black in drying. Spores 
hot found e.” In a footnote in the same work Lloyd 
regular pores, were found arising from one of these masses. 
Mr. R - Baker has also recorded (7.c.) this species from 
Specimens collected by Mr. W. Bauerlen at Lismore. In 
March, 1915, a fine sporophore, together with a conglomerate 
r ll of earth and mycelium, was collected at Casino by Mr. 
trier. Mr d, Lalchere, of Wingham, Manning River, also 
collected portions of earth and mycelium, similar to the 
above, in July, 1916. The following two collections, though 
Ex Pilei have glabrous surfaces, perhaps belong to the same 
les as the preceding :— : 
(1) Pileus old and partly decayed, 2 in. across, ting Oy 
pd apparently slightly infundibuliform, smooth, pallid, 
ToWnish, with blackish 
.. Pallid, much decayed. Stem 5 in. long, buried in the ground 
