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and in subsection B witli surface smooth or at leuf>-tli smooth is placed 
P. Patouillardii Rick. l)i-. Llovil lias identilied S|iecimens of both P. ciificiilarix 
and P. PatotiiUardii from New South "Wales anil as both may also occur in this 
State short descriptions are here given. In these .\ustralian specimens, the 
])oints of distinction between the two speidi'S aia‘ not viu'v t'vidmit and ]>ossiblv 
we are dealing with only one species. 
The specimens of P. Ludovicianus are large (4 to 71in. lateially x I! to oin. 
X -5 to fin. thick, 10 to 17.o x 7.5 to B2.5 x 1.2 to 2.5 cm.), sessile,' more or less 
applanate. Upper surface tomentose when young lu'comiug smooth ami soiiu'- 
times when old with a ilark crust tending to crack, obscurely zoncal, somewhat 
railiately striate, dark brown (near Warm Sejiia, XXT.X.). Tubes 0.5 to 1 cm. 
deep, near Snuff Brown (xxix.), orifices minute, about 4 in I mm., ilarker. 
Context 0.5 to 1 cm., tough corky, Sayal Brown to Snuff Brown and Warm Sepia 
(xxix.), sometimes radiating and I'edder brown. S|>ores subspherical, browip 
5 X 3.5 fj., 4 /i. Setae not seen (said by Uloyd to be scanty and sometimes 
absent). Queensland — Imbil State Forest. New South Wales— Malaiiganee, 
Wauchope. United States. February, August. 
330. Polyporus Patouillardii Rick. (After Professor N. Patouillai-d, the 
eminent French mycologist). — These specimens are yiu-y lik<> the preceding but. 
thicker, sessile, more or less applanate, sometimes imbricate, up to to 4iii. 
laterally x 3in. x 2in. thick (7.5 to 10 x 7.5 x 5 cm.), light in weight, the sin face 
smooth, dark brown with a crust which cracks. Ihibes up to 1 cm. long, with 
the context near Brussels Brown (ill.) ; orifices 2 to 3 in 1 mm., dark brown. 
Context with a satiny sheen. Growing mycelium and young tidies near Pale 
Orange Yellow' (lll.). Spores abundant, subs))h(>rical to triangular, yellow brown, 
7 X 5 /r. Some long acuminate setae, 90 x 7 /r. New Soutli Wales — Near Lismore; 
on Acacia salioina Lindl. yar. rarian.s Benth., Warren. American 'i'ropics. 
Philippines. Japan. May, August. 
P. Ludovirianus and P. Patouillardii can be recognised by the more or l«‘ss 
apjilanate shape, the dark brown colour and the coloured spores. 
2. Leathery, thin. Tubes homogeneous with the substance of the pilous, 
not forming a distinct layer. 
POLYSTICTUS Fr. 
(Gr., poly fit ilrtox, with many ]iunctuyes. ) 
“ Pileus coriaceous, membranaceous or somewhat S[)ongy, dimidiate, sessile, 
surface often zoned. Tubes homogeneous, develo|iing from the centre outwai'ds. 
Spores white; elliptical, jiruniform, oblong, or oblong-elliidical ; smooth or 
punctate. Cystidia sparse or none. Annual. Growing on wood, often 
imbricate. ’ ’ — Rea. 
331. Polystictu.s oblectans Berk. (L., ohlccto, to attract, to jilease). Pileus 
stipitate, thin, up to 11 or 2in. (3.7 to 5 cm.) broad but usually less, piano- 
depressed, zoned, radiately fibrillose, tawny cinnamon near Sayal Brown (xxix.) 
to near Cinnamon Brown (xiv.) or Mikado Brown (x.xix.) and ilarker, often with 
a beautiful silky sheen. Context very thin, 0.5 to nearly I mm., near Sudan 
Brown (m.). Ilymenial surface Sayal Brown to Snuff Brown (xxix.), the 
sterile edge near Cinnamon Buff (xxrx.), pore orifices minute (about 2 to 4 
in 1 mm.), rather polygonal, dissepiments thin with torn edges, sometimes plate- 
like, tubes up to 2 mm. deep. Stem central, lin. (1.2 cm.) Ingli, rather slender, 
villous, solid, tawny cinnamon, sometimes with the buried base eidarged into a 
cinnamon-coloured, pea-sized or branching tuber-like false sclerotium of sand 
and mycelium. Spores abundant, elliptical, very .slightly tinted, (i.5 to occasionally 
8 X 4 g. On the ground usually in sandy soil. Soutli Australia — Mount Lofty, 
Mount Compass, Encounter Bay, Mount Burr (S.E.), Banghain (S.K.). New 
South Wales. May, October. 
This is a common small delicate cinnamon-brown s[)ecies with a silky sheen on 
the pileus and a central stem and is found growing in sandy soil. 
332. PolystictUB versicolor (L.) Fr. (L., verxicolo-r, of various colours). — 
"i’ariable in colour and in thickness. Usually forming a series of thin, imbricate, 
rather fan-shaped, convex brackets, velvety and pubescent on the upper surface 
