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synonym. Lloyd says that no type exists of P. quadrans 

 Berk. (Oooke, No. 731) which from the description seems 

 to be L. xanthopus. We have specimens of a variety of 

 L. xanthopus from Melville Island, Northern Territory (W. 

 S. Campbell, 1911) which possibly is L. quadrans. They 

 resemble a very short-stemmed L. xanthopus in all par- 

 ticulars, save that the pores are a dark fawn to cinnamon. 

 The margin of the pileus is pale, not brown as should be the 

 case with L. quadrans. 



We have typical forms from the Northern Territory (per 

 South Australian Museum); Eumundi, Q. (J. Staer, 1911); 

 Atherton near Oairns, Q. (B. Betche, 1901 and R. Mitchell, 

 1911); Kuranda near Cairns (A. J. Vogan, 1910); Barron 

 Palls, Q. (Mrs. Fraser, Sep., 1917); Rockhampton, Q. (D. 

 Dixon); between Oooktown and Oairns (W. Seymour); Mar- 

 shall Falls, Alstonville, N.S.W. (D. Tanner, Sep., 1911); 

 Mummulgum Brush near Casino ( J.B.C., Dec, 1916, grow- 

 ing in company with Polystictus flabelliformis, both 

 identified by Lloyd); Port Moresby, New Guinea (Mr. Pratt, 

 1911); Russell Island, Solomons (W. W. Froggatt, 1909). 



70. Polyporus (Lentus) arcularius Batsch. 

 This is a common species, found growing on fallen logs 

 and half-buried pieces of wood. Beyond assisting in dis- 

 integrating fallen timber, it is of no importance from a 

 forestry point of view. It has usually a yellow-brown cap, 

 up to 1 j- ins. in diameter, depressed in the centre and some- 

 times slightly scaly, the pores are large, and the stem is 

 central, slender, and coloured like the cap. 



Recorded by Oooke (No. 591) for Victoria, New South 

 Wales and Queensland. Lloyd says that Favolus squamifer 

 Berk. (Oooke, No. 895) is close to, if not the same as, L. 

 arcularius. Polyporus alveolarius (Cooke, No. 594) Lloyd 

 says, from the figure, is L. arcularius. Of P. collybioides 

 Kalch., recorded for Australia, Lloyd says the type is in- 



Ff— December 5, 1917. 



