530 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



odour appears to belong to an immature plant of this species. 

 Lloyd (Letter No. 63, 1916) has identified Western Australian 

 specimens forwarded by Dr. Stoward. 



Section 85. Thin plants, somewhat gelatinous when fresh. 



134. Polyporus dichrous Fries. 



'Piieus thin, dimidiate, usually imbricate. Surface 

 smooth, white, no crust. Flesh white, thin, firm. Pores 

 small, dark purplish-brown, gelatinous. Spores allantoid, 

 4 to 5 x 1*5/*, hyaline, curved.' — Lloyd. 



Recorded by Cooke (No. 647) for Victoria. We have 

 specimens identified by Lloyd obtained on a fallen pine log 

 (Callitris) near Forbes in August, 1915. 



Third General Division— Context and pores coloured, 

 spores hyaline. 



Section 86. Context isabelline or yellow. 



135. Polyporus rutilans Pers. 

 Recorded as P. nidulans (No. 638) by Cooke for Queensland 



— a synonym, (Lloyd). 



136. Polyporus zonalis Berk. 

 Polporus zonalis Berk., Ann. Nat. Hist, x, 375; Cooke, 

 Handb. Aust. Fungi, No. 660. 



'Piieus thin (4 — 6 mm.), rigid, drying hard, incurved. 

 Surface reddish-brown, with narrow, concentric, raised 

 zones. Context thin, hard, pale ochraceous. Pores minute, 



3 — 4 mm. long; when old, brown, but my impression is that 

 they are orange when fresh. Spores abundant, globose, 



4 — 5 mic, hyaline, smooth.' 



This is a common species throughout the tropical world 

 — Lloyd. 



Recorded by Cooke for Victoria and Queensland. Lloyd's 

 Australian specimens from W. W. Froggatt indicate its 

 occurrence also in New South Wales. 



