NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN FUNGI. 533 



This species has not been recorded for Australia, but is 

 inserted on account of the following species. 



142. Polyporus suboltvaceus Berk. 

 4 This has the same context colour and is quite close to 

 Polyporus supinus, and the old herbarium specimens can 

 hardly be told apart. Fresh specimens, however, appear 

 quite different. Polyporus suboltvaceus is unicolorous, 

 with a uniform pileus, surface and context colour, while in 

 Polyporus supinus there is a strong contrast between the 

 context and surface colour.' — Lloyd. 



One of us, J.B.O., collected plants at Thirroul, in April, 

 1909, which Lloyd has identified as this species, 'a rare 

 plant heretofore only known to me from Brazil.' 



Section 90. Context brown. Setae none. 

 No Australian species recorded. / 



Section 91. Context brown. Setae present. 

 143. Polyporus gilvtjs Schwein. 



Polyporus gilvus, Cooke, Handb. of Aust. Fungi, No. 641. 



Syn. Fomes homalopilus (P. cameofulvus) Cooke, loc. 

 cit., No. 716 ; Fomes rubiginosus (P. Lawrencii) Cooke, 

 Zoc. cit., No. 702. 



'Pileus sessile, applanate, thin \ - \\ cm., often imbricate. 

 Surface brown, even, usually slightly rugulose. Context 

 hard, firm, of the growing plant often bright gilvous (yellow 

 ochre) varying to brown (cinnamon brown) when old. 

 Ordinarily the context is more brown than yellow. Pores 

 are small, round, 3-10 mm. long, with brown tissue and 

 mouths. Setae abundant, slender, sharp, projecting 12 - 16 

 mic. Spores hyaline 3J x 4 — 5 mic, smooth.' — Lloyd. 



Recorded by Cooke for Queensland and Western Australia. 



We have the following specimens: — Tuggerah (J.B.C., 

 October, 1914), identified by Lloyd who adds: — ' The flesh 



