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deep, were lacerated, thin and pure white or slightly creamy. 

 There was a more or less central stipe 3 ins. long and 1£ 

 ins. thick, apparently whitish but covered with adherent 

 sandy dirt. From the base arose a slender secondary stem 

 bearing a small deformed pileus attached to the larger one; 

 the spores were elongated, white, 8*6 to 10*4 x 3*8/x. Lloyd 

 has kindly identified this as Polyporus lentinoides Henn., 

 originally from Brazil. He adds : — " In reality only a scale- 

 less form of Polyporus squamosus with which it agrees in 

 all particulars excepting the scales. Practically the same 

 plant, but a little more fleshy, is known in Europe as 

 Polyporus Roskovii Fr." 



62. Polyporus (Ovinus) tumulosus Gooke. 

 Given by Gooke (No. 586) for Queensland. 



63. Polyporus (Ovinus) tasmanicus Massee. 

 Known from one collection from Tasmania at Kew 

 {Lloyd). We have a specimen collected at Neutral Bay, 

 Sydney (March, 1915). 



Section 44. Melanopus. Pores small. 



64. Polyporus (Ovinus) Hartmanni Cooke. 



This is a thick, fleshy polypore with a rich somewhat 

 chestnut-brown, rather velvety cap, and a short thick stem 

 attached excentrically and not centrally, which is also dark 

 brown and velvety. It is found growing near the base of 

 trees, and appears to be parasitic and of some importance 

 from a forestry point of view. 



Cooke (No. 585) gives this species for Queensland. 



We obtained a clump of this species on the ground at 

 Bulli Pass, N.S.W., in April 1914. The largest were 3 ins. 

 in diameter with an excentric stipe. The pores were 

 minute and whitish. Our specimens agree exactly with 

 the description given by Lloyd, but the spores are 7 to 8*5 

 x 3*5 /*, whilst he gives them as 12 x 5 /*. Lloyd has kindly 

 confirmed their identification for us. 



