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138a. Polyporus anebus var. bicolor (P. bicolor Jungh.) 



Syn. Fomes oblinitus Berk., Cooke, Handb. of Aust. 

 Fungi, No. 715 (Lloyd). 



Lloyd states that this is the same as P. anebus, except 

 that the pileus develops a reddish stain and sometimes the 

 surface is entirely dark reddish. Under theabove synonym 

 Cooke records it for New South Wales. 



Section 87. Context orange, red, soft, spongy. 



No Australian species recorded. 



Section 88. Context vinaceous or purple. 



139. Polyporus durus Jungh. 



Lloyd mentions that he has seen Australian specimens. 

 Recorded by Cooke as Polyporus cartilagineus (No. 659), 

 P. testudo (No. 665), and Fomes ponderosus, probably, (No. 

 707), all for Queensland. 



140. Polyporus vinosus Berk. 



' Pileus thin, usually sessile, dimidiate, dark vinaceous 

 colour (dark livid purple). Surface smooth, concolorous. 

 Context thin, brittle, hard, more brown than the surface. 

 Pores minute, dark, concolorous with the surface. Spores 

 allantoid, \\ x 4 to 4J/^, hyaline.' — Lloyd. 



Lloyd has identified specimens for us collected at Port 

 Moresby, New Guinea, by A. B. Pratt. 



Section 89. Context olive. 



141. Polyporus supinus Swartz. 

 'Pileus dimidiate, imbricate, often resupinate behind 

 usually with a thin margin. Surface, when fresh, white, 

 dull ; when young, minutely pubescent, soft to the touch ; 

 when old often spotted with red spots behind. Context 

 dark olive (Dresden brown), hard, firm. Pores minute, 2 — 

 4 mm. long, with isabelline tissue and adustus mouths. 

 Spores 4x8 mic, oblong, hyaline, smooth with granular 

 contents." — Lloyd. 



