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centre, size often less, not frequently more, convex, rugosely zoned, smooth to 
subvillous, with a more or less <letinite hard crust, rarely' varnished, edge rounded 
and thick, dark brown to yellowish brown and pallid brownish. Hymenial surface 
more or le.ss horizontal, irregular, usually slightly convex in parts, orifices small, 
3 to 4 in 1 jnm., rounded, dissejjiments sniootli, tubes dee]), up to 3in. (19 mm.), 
sometimes in layers (Fames form), woody buff. Context firm-corky, up to fin. 
(9 mm.) at the attachment, woodv buff. Sj)ores truncate at one eml, white or 
very slightly tinted, to 19 x (i.u to 9 /j.. So'Uth Australia — National Park,- 
Mount Lofty' Ranges, Clarendon, Meadows, Macl^aren Vale, Willunga Hill, 
My'ponga, Encounter Bay district, Waitijinga (on dead Cusuarina stricta Ait.), 
Kangaroo Island, Mount Uambier, Kalangadoo, Big fSwamp neai' Port Lincoln, 
Mount Dutton (E.P.). Queensland. Ne\v Bouth Wales. Victoria. Tasmania. 
Western Australia. January' to March, May' to August, October, December. 
This is a very common little bi'own to y'ellowish brown bi'acket fungus uj) to 
2in. in size found esj)ecially on j)osts and log fences but also on fallen trunks. 
The tubes are long and the species can Ire readily determined by finding the 
abundant unusually large truncate spoi'es. 
339. Trametes protea Berk. (Proteus, assuming many shapes, after Proteus, 
a god of the sea, who could transform himself into any shajre). — Forming nearly' 
horizontal brackets descending behind, sometimes imbricate, sometimes effused, 
up to 4iin. (11 cm.) laterally', projecting up to lin. (2.5 cm.). Pilous velvety' 
in places to very' rough (tubercular to firm-shaggy') with a tendency to a radial 
arrangement. Pinkish Buff (xxix.) to ])allid buffv-brown. Tawny Olive (xxix.), 
the velvety portion near Brussels Brown (ill.). Tubes 1 to 3 mm. dee])] orifices 
rather hexagonal, 2 to 3 in 1 mm., near Drab (XLVI.) and darker; (lisse))iments 
rounded, rather thin. Context corkv firm, about (i mm. thick, Bayal Brown to 
Snuff Brown (xxix.) (Olive Brown, XL. — Lloyd). Queenslanil. New South Wales. 
Not yet recorded for South Australia. 
340. Trametes devexa Berk. (!>., devexus, shelving, hanging down). — Forming 
irregular patches up to IJ x jin. (4.3 x 1.8 crn.), almost Ponu-like, with an 
upper raised subtomentose rim 2 mm. wide and a descending effused ])oi’e-surfaco 
with orifices about 1 mm. diameter, dissepiments thin or rounded, the tubes 2 to 
3 mm. deep, context about the same or less. Cinnamon Buff (xxix.). South 
Australia — On the rough baik of Corkwood (Uakea intermedia Ewart et Davies) 
Echo Hill between Moorilvanna and Ernabella (North-West). August. 
The above South Australian specimens are abnormal, iirobably owing to the 
dry district in which they' grow, in forming small scattered almost effused 
patches. Specimens from Imbil Forest near tTym])ie, Queensland, August, identi- 
fied by' Dr. C. G. Lloyd, present the normal fruiting form. Forming somewhat 
applanate to descending elongated sometimes imbricate brackets, decurrent 
behind, up to Sin. laterally' x l|in. deep x lin. thick near the base of the 
bracket (12.5 x 3.7 x 1.2 cm.), the pore surface descending lin. (2.5 cm.) or 
more. Pileus velvety' to strigose and liarsh strigose, surface irregular, more or 
less concentrically sulcate and zoned, Tawnv Olive (xxix.) with darker bands, 
edge thin and subacute to rounded. Tubes 1 to 4 mm. deep, sunk tO' varying 
depths, orifices 0.5 to 0.75 mm. diameter. Cinnamon Buff (xxix.) to near Tawny 
Olive. Context firm-corky', somewhat radiating, concolorous with the tubes. 
341. Trametes epitephra Berk. (Gr., epi, on, upon; tephra, ashes sprinkled 
over the head and clothes in token of grief — here probably- fi'om the suggestion 
of mourning apparel). — Specimens identified by Dr. C. G. Ijloyd from. Wangan, 
Pilliga District, New South Wales, October, growing on the pallid fibrous bai'k 
of Eucalyptus IVoollsiana R. T. Baker form a number of small brackets ajiiiroach- 
ing a hoof-shape, about (i mm. laterally, about 5 mm. vertically-, somewhat 
decurrent behind, the pileus projecting about 2 mm. Pileus convex, slightly 
irregular, finely- subvillose, Vilackisli, edge whitish. Pores irregular, rather large, 
0.5 to 1 mm., shallow, dissepiments rounded, sometimes defective, whitish with 
a pale buff tint. 
The species was described from South Australia and specimens collected from 
the fallen trunk of Eucalyptus odorata Bohr, et Schlechtd. in the National Park, 
July, at first thought to be immature specimens of Hexagona Gmmii Berk., agree 
so closely with those identified by Dr. Lloyd that there seems no doubt as to 
their identity. These are somewhat larger, up to 2 cm. laterally, descend further 
(to nearly 2 cm.) and project more (to 7 mm.). The upper surface of the 
