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Spores coloured, mostly elliptical, with a strong 



apiculus. Context coloured. Surface of most species 



laccate. — Ganodermus. 

 Spores coloured, mostly globose, with none or a small 



apiculus. Context coloured. Surface of most 



species dull. — Amaurodermus. 

 Spores white. Context (except Section 11) pale or 



white. — Lignosus. 



Fleshy or coriaceous. 



Stipe lateral. Spores white. — Petaloides. 



Stipe branching and bearing several pileoli.-MeWsraiis. 



Stipe central or excentric (rarely lateral). Flesh 



spongy, light. Spores white or coloured. — Spongiosus. 

 Spores coloured. Fleshy or coriaceous. — Pelloporus. 

 Spores white. Fleshy, soft, usually terrestrial, with 



thick pilei. — Ovinus. 

 Spores white. Fleshy-pliant, coriaceous, usually with 



thin pilei and epixylous. — Lentus. 

 Lentus with black stems. — Melanopus. 



First Division— FO MBS (Stipitate). 

 Section 1. Lloyd records only one species, which is not 

 Australian. 



Second Division— GANODERMUS. 

 Section 2. Spores smooth or but slightly rough. 



1. Polyporus (Ganodermus) lucidus, var. japonicus Fries. 

 Syn. Fomes lucidus Fr., (Cooke, No. 673). 

 Cooke records Fomes lucidus for Queensland and Tas- 

 mania. As all our Australian specimens appear to be the 

 variety japonicus, we record this form only for Australia. 



In September, 1911, specimens of a fungus were exhibited 

 at a meeting of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 

 from Catherine Hill coal-mine near Newcastle, N.S.W., 

 under the name Fomes lucidus. One consists of a long 



