Tiiio iiAK(ii':i{ i'’rN(ji 
2:!4 
Poria tamnanica ('Id. H l{.o(lvv. (Taxmaniea, ^'aHiiiaiiiaii ) .- -Pormiiif;- a 
lliiri jjatcli, aliodt, .'I .x 2 cm. in size, ii|] t.o 5 mm. l.liick in tlic centre, tlie ed)r(!H 
Mimu'wlial. raineil in placcH ami veliitinate, very lif;ii 1 , In weif;lit ami soft, to tha 
l(]iicli, near Arens Brown (m.), the t.nlies about mm. (Iee|>, tlu' snbic.nlum 
about the same, the |iores larj^e ami varying in size, 2 to soimdimes .'i in I imn., 
the (lissepimeuts thin ainl librillose, hy|ihae brown ami up t.o 0.5 thick, spores 
lawny brown, (]bli(|ui', Mattel- on one side, 5.5 to 7.5 x 5.7 fi, setae not seen. 
'I'asmania. 
III. Ilyphae livid brown, more or less fuscous. 
I'idc ,'i(l(i, Fumr.'i Hi'hIiik. 
irholo.w 1)1/ <1, Saiiiin'1. 
Figure f)2. Left: t’orhi Niihsrrix'us Murr. (No. 3G4). New South Wales. 
Right: I'nriit (Pers.) Fr. (No. 371). New 
South Wales. Reduced by 
l\'. Ilyphae not ile(‘ply ('olumaMl. 
Poria meruliua ( Brom the l■(‘s^Mul)lan<'e lo IIh* Mf ruUus ). — 
l'\miiin} 4 ‘ ('xl(‘nsi\a‘ v(mv thiu pa(<'hes up to 12 x 1 <'iii. or luoixy ol'lcui with 
dullyin^' islands, on the usually hund trutdes ol‘ livino' st liuo'v-bark l']u('alypts or 
on dead \voo<l, \ aryiud- eonsiderably in eoloiii' (‘V(Mi I'roni the sanu‘ loealitv, with a 
fairly del (‘tininat e wa\y and irrt'^ulai’ pahu’ sterile (sloiy (h(‘ smdh'U'e ()ft('U 
iri-eduku’ following- the undiulyind* I'oudhm'ss of tlu' surfaca' on whi(di it is 
^Towin^’, separable as a slightly t.oudh pidli(d(‘. The livnumial siirfju'e varies in 
eolour, luMiii;- near Sayal Brown (xxix.) and Bi^hl \'inae(‘ous Ciniuiinon (xxix.) 
or a. \'ina('('ous lirown lU'ai* Army Brown (XU.) r\n<l Soi'diium Bi’own (XXXIX.) or 
Li\'(‘r Bi'own (Xtv.). ddie youn^tu’ portions may 1 h‘ moix' o(dn'ae(Huis than Oraiiii’o 
