476 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



3. Polyporus (Ganodermus) fornicatus Fries. 



Lloyd states that plants similar to this species but with 

 rougher spores occur in Australia. 



Section 3. Spores distinctly rough. 



4. Polyporus (Ganodermus) ochrolaccatus Mont. 



"Pileus small but deep, attached by a short rudimentary, 

 dorsal stem. Crust pale, ochraceous, faintly laccate, 

 rugulose, zoned. Pores medium with white mouths, long, 

 not stratified but reaching the crust, very regular, arranged 

 in lines. Spores large, 16 X 32 (?)/*, with small apiculus, 

 distinctly rough." — Lloyd. 



Lloyd has identified specimens for us collected at Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea, by A. E. Pratt. 



Section 4. Anomalous section with a false stem. No 

 Australian species recorded. 



Third Divi&ion-AMAURODERMUS. 

 Section 5. Polyporus. Spores smooth or but slightly 

 rough. Stem slender, usually mesopodal. 



5. Polyporus (Amaurodermus) rudis Berk. 

 Syn. Fomes rudis Berk. (Cooke, No. 669). 



This is a quaint species not uncommon in the Sydney 

 district but of no importance in forestry. It grows on the 

 ground and has an irregular cinnamon-brown stem, some- 

 times three inches long or more, and a dark brown irregu- 

 larly wrinkled cap up to three inches across. 



Cooke records also A. rugosus (No. 671) for Victoria, 

 Queensland and New South Wales. Lloyd, in speaking of 

 A. rudis of Australia says: — "It is close (too close perhaps) 

 to rugosus of the East, but seems to be more rugulose, has 

 larger pores and spores (9-12 as against 6 — 8 or 8-10/*), 

 and when mature retains its colour." Such being Lloyd's 

 opinion we refrain from including A. rugosus amongst 



