NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 509 



Recorded by Oooke (No. 695) for New South Wales. We 

 have never met with it. 



99. Pomes caliginosus Berk. 

 Lloyd states that Fomes endapalus Berk (Oooke, No. 704), 

 recorded for Queensland and New South Wales, has been 

 identified as this species. The specimens from Australia 

 that he has seen seem to him however to differ from young 

 plants of F. caliginosus. 



C — Small Species, 1-3 cm. 

 No Australian species recorded. 



D — Plants dark purplish black. Context dark brown^ 

 with a purplish shade. 

 No species recorded for Australia. 



Section 69. Context brown. Setae present. Spores hyaline* 



A — Context Light Brown. 



100. Fomes pomaceus Persoon. 



' Pileus half unguliform, but usually more inclined to 

 take a subresupinate form with the pileus imperfectly 

 developed. Surface at first fulvous, tomentose on the 

 margin, later cinerous; after wintering turns dark, but not 

 black as in Fomes igniarius. Context fulvous brown 

 (amber brown), intermediate between the colour of context 

 of Fomes igniarius and robustus. Pores minute, round r 

 annual layers 5 — 6 mm. Setae usually abundant, with 

 thickened bases, projecting 12-16 mm. Spores globose, 

 hyaline, 5-6/*." — Lloyd. 



Lloyd states this species attacks plum, cherry, and other 

 cultivated trees. He has identified a specimen from Wes- 

 tern Australia (Letter 63, November 1916, p. 8— Dr. F. W. 

 Stoward). 



101. Fomes robustus Karsten. 



' Pileus ungulate, with a hard, rimose, black crust. Con- 

 text light fulvous. 'Rhei' colour would be the best name 



