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POLYPORUS. 



172. Polyporus (Petctloides) Clem engine, Murr. Lloyd: 

 Letter 65, Note 574, and Letter 68, Note 734; -place after 

 Polyporus rubidus, No. 12, Sect. 15, in Clel. and Cheel, Jour. 

 Proc. Roy. Soc. N.S. Wales, li., p. 481. — Specimens obtained 

 at Barron Falls, Kuranda, Queensland (Mrs. Fraser), in Sep- 

 tember, 1917, have been identified by Lloyd (No. 429), who 

 refers to them in Note 734. He says the species is close to 

 P. rubidus, and is perhaps the basis of the record of the latter 

 species in Cooke's Handbook (No. 640). 



173. Polyporus (Merismus) nnthrnco.philus, Cooke. 

 Cooke: Handb. Austr. Fungi, No. 622; Clel. and Cheel: 

 loc. cit., p. 488, No. 39. — Pileus pallid to dark smoky-brown, 

 spores ([?] conidial) 5 x 3"4, 6 to 7 x 3 ft, at base of a trunk, 

 National Park (S. Austr.), June, 1917. These specimens 

 were identified by Lloyd, who says that this is the plant so 

 named by Cooke, but he thinks that it is better referred to 

 Polyporus gignnteus, Pers., as there is no real difference, 

 though the Australian plant is darker and harder. 



174. Polyporus (Merismus) sulphureus, Fr. Cooke : 

 loc. cit., No. 624 (Q'land, Tas.) ; Cleland and Cheel: loc. 

 cit., p. 488, No. 42. — In large masses at or near the bases of 

 trees, Macquarie Pass, August, 1917; identified by Lloyd 

 (No. 410). 



175. Polyporus (Merismus) rosettus, Lloyd: Mycol. 

 Notes, No. 43, 1916, p. 601; Cleland and Cheel: loc. cit., 

 p. 490, No. 47. — At the base of an old stump, National Park 

 (S. Austr.), June, 1917, spores 4'2 x 2*5 /x; identified by 

 Lloyd (No. 350). 



176. Polyporus (Spongiosus) rufescens, Pers. Cooke : 

 loc. cit., No. 600; Clel. and Cheel: loc. cit., p. 490, No. 48. — 

 At the base of a cultivated olive, numerous white spores, 

 5 x 3'4, Beaumont, near Adelaide, April, 1917; identified by 

 Lloyd (Nos. 300 and 443). 



177. Polyporus (Spongiosus) Albertini, Mueller. Lloyd: 

 Stipit. Polyporoids, p. 160, and Letter 67, Note 662; place 

 after P. tomentosus, p. 491, No. 51, in Clel. and Cheel, loc. 

 cit. — This species closely resembles P. Schweinitzii in appear- 

 ance, but microscopically has brown spores. Lloyd has iden- 

 tified specimens for us. Taree district (H. Lyne), numerous 

 brown, slightly irregular spores 8'5 x 5'5 jm, January, 1917 

 (Lloyd, No. 295) ; Kendall, at base of tree, numerous brown 

 oval spores 8 to 9 x 6 to 6"8 ja, March, 1918 (Llyod, No, 442). 



178. Polyporus eucnlyptorum , Fr. Cooke: loc. cit., 

 No. 656; Clel. and Cheel': loc. cit., p. 522, No. 120.— On 

 fallen trunks, Kendall, March, 1918, spores broadly pear- 

 shaped, 8'5 to 10'4 x 6-8 /a. — colour tints noted, pores 



