538 J. B. CLELAND AND E. CHEEL. 



O — Pores small, 

 149. Polyporus spadiceus Berk. 

 As Fomes spadiceus, recorded by Cooke (No. 618) for 

 Queensland. 



150. Polyporus pubertatis Yasuda. 



'Pileus sessile (3x6x1 Jem.), unicolorous dark brown 

 (verona brown). Surface minutely pubescent, soft to touch. 

 Flesh concolorous, hard, slightly punky. Pores minute, 

 round, 3 to 5 mm. long, with concolorous tissue and mouths. 

 Setse, none. Spores abundant, 3 x 5/*, elliptical, pale 

 coloured.' — Lloyd* A Japanese species. 



Lloyd has identified a specimen for us obtained on a 

 fallen log iu Mummulgum Brush, near Oasino, in December 

 1916 — spores pallid brownish, 4 x 2*5/*; no setae* 



Section 95. Context brown. Setae present. 

 A — Surface tomentose or hispid. 



151. Polyporus hispidus Baglietto. 

 Recorded by Cooke (No. 648) for Queensland. 



152. Polyporus cuticularis Bulliard. 

 'Pileus applanate, dimidiate, imbricate. Surface tomen- 

 tose with appressed, brown hairs, zonate when young. 

 Context varying from 3 to 10 mm. thick, hard, fibrillose, 

 ferruginous brown (Sudan brown). Pores small, varying in 

 size, angular or irregular, 5x8 mm* long, with concolorous 

 tissue* Mouths often stuffed or overgrown, when fresh 

 strongly glancing. Setae very scanty, sometimes not found 

 at all, straight. Spores abundant, globose or subglobose, 

 deeply coloured, largest 7 x 7 to 8/*, many smaller, 4 to 5 

 X 5 to 6/*.' — Lloyd. Common on beech and maple logs in 

 America. 



Lloyd has identified a specimen for us found growing on 

 a living trunk at Mummulgum, near Casino, in December, 



