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114d. FOMES APPLANATUS var. NIGRO-LACCATUS (F. NIGRO- 



laccatus Oooke). 

 Tropical forms with a slight, black, resinous exudation 

 on the crust (Lloyd). 



B — Spores Rough. 

 No Australian species recorded. 



Section 74. Ponderosus-Fomes-Ganodermus. Pores hard, 

 heavy, minute, with thick walls. Spores smooth or 

 punctate. 



No Australian species recorded. 



Section 75. Stipitate Fomes of the Section Ganodermus. 

 No Australian species recorded. 



III. POLYPORUS (SECTION APUS). 



(Comprising Sessile Species of the Genus Polyporus.) 

 I. Context and pores white or pale when growing, spores hyaline. 



Section 76 



Pileus with thin but distinct crust . . . 

 Pileus without distinct crust — 



Flesh (dry) fragile, crumbly 



Flesh hard, firm ... 



Yery thin plants .. 



White, turning reddish in drying 



White, turning bluish in drying 



Flesh dry, soft and cottony 



Flesh dry, light and spongy 



II. Context white or pale, pores coloured, spores hyaline 

 Thin plants, pileus less than a cm. thick 

 Thick plants, ungulate 

 Thin plants, with gelatinous pores ... 



III. Context and pores coloured, spore hyaline. 

 Context isabelline or yellow ... 

 Context orange-red, soft, spongy 



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