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B — Pores large. 

 147. Polyporus decipiens Berk. 

 Polyporus decipiens (Berk.), Lloyd, Apus Polyporus, p. 

 355, (1915) fig. 390; Letter 60, p. 4 (Note 34) 1915. 



Syn. Hexagona decipiens Berk., Journ. Linn. Soc, Bot. 

 xm, p. 166 (1873); Oooke, Handb. No. 894; Trametes 

 decipiens Berk., Bres. MS. in Herb. Kew; Wakefield, Kew 

 Bull. (1915) 366. 



*Pileus sessile, dimidiate, triquetrous, unicolorous, dark 

 brown. Surface brown, hard, tomentose, rigid. Flesh 

 hard, firm, brown, descending into the pores. Pores rigid, 

 trametoid, 4 to 8 mm. long, round or elongated, large, 1 to 

 2 mm. Setae none. Spores abundant, large, elliptical, 8 x 

 16 mic, deeply coloured.' — Lloyd. 



We have the following specimens: — On trunk of living 

 tree, Peakhurst (B.C., July, 1901); on Acacia doratoxylon, 

 Mount Boppy; Oasuarina, Western Line (L. Abrahams, 

 October, 1911); on log, Milson Island, Hawkesbury River 

 (J.B.C., July, 1912), identified by Lloyd as Hexagona 

 decipiens, who, in placing it under Polyporus points out 

 that no true Hexagona has coloured spores; on fallen log, 

 Kurrajong Heights (J.B.C., August, 1912); Wellington 

 (J.B.O., October, 1914)— spores brown, 15*5 to 19 x 6*5 to 

 7*5/*; locality not noted; Hornsby (W. F, Blakely, June, 

 1914), The Hornsby specimens were determined by Mr. 

 Lloyd. The specimens recorded by Miss Wakefield, were 

 collected at Moruya, and are stated to be well-marked by 

 the large, elliptical, brown spores, 15-20 x 7*5-9/*. 



We have also specimens from Bumberry, near Manildra, 

 September, spores brown, 15*5 to 17 x 8*5 to 10*4. Mr. O, 

 Brittlebank has forwarded us Victorian specimens from the 

 Mallee, collected by J, Dickson on Casuarina Luehmanni, 

 in November, 1916, spores brown, 17 to 20 x 8 to 11/*. 



