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(lifficiiltv iiTiil is tinclv i)unctat(>, sometiiiK'S i)raiiiose and near tlie odge tmely 
n-ticulatod from raised linos. llvmonial snrfaco slif^ditly oonvox, wlion fresh of 
a, lioantiful canary yellow colour, wlion old the pore lay('r thin witli the tubes up 
to 10 nun. hint;', the |)ore orifii'cs minute and not or barelv visible to tlie naked 
oviy In the younjfer pai'ts likii pin-priidcs or pin-slits separated wididy by the 
ilisseiiinients,' near the edge iieconiing larg-er and more irrepilar, the. slits rarely 
giving rise to almost a lamellar condition approaching gills, flesh [lure winte, 
soft yet firm, punky when dry. Spores subgloliose, smooth, white, K to 10 x (i to 
S.5 ii. Peiit'ti'ntiii-j;’ wliitc. On trunks ot livinf^ or rnroly flojul 
flucalypts, sometimes only a fmv teet from th(‘ ground, usually' about 10ft. up, 
somietimes as Ingh as dO or 40ft. ui>, found once on a Sheoak (probably 
(^aniKiriiia Ait.). In South Australia, the siiecies of Ihicalypts known to 
be alfected are liiioaliiptux lUi.rlcH (llentli.) Maiden et Jllak., K. obli<iua L’llerit., 
K rimhidlia Labill., 'A. roxtrata Sidih, K. Icucoxylon F.v.M., and K. ehwopJiora 
I’.v.M. South Australia— Waterfall Gully, Mount Lofty, Kersbrook, National 
l*ark, Ivuitpo, Mvponga, near Yankalilla, Inman \ alh\\', llindmaish ! ieis, 
uVngaston, Mount Kemarkable (on box gum), .lanuary, Ma.y', .linuy October. 
:1213. Polyporus atistraliensis 'Wakciield. {ylmlralieimn, Australian). — Up to 
ill. (Id. 7 cm.) laterally, diin. (<S.7 cm.) from before baidewai-ils, 2iin. (6.2 cm,) 
veific.ally at its attachiiient and li.in. (:i.7 cm.) in the centre, sonietimes hoof- 
shai>ed, often defonned, laterally attached throughout, up|ier surface convex with 
irregular depressions, cuticle innately villous, nearly smooth, creamy white, ajit 
to be, stained rusty orange by the pignumted .iuice from the context. Ilymenial 
surface deeply co'nvi'x to pl’ane or concave, rusty orange to brownish orange 
win'll old, poi'e orifices rather irregular, 1 to 1.5 mm. wide, disseiiinients thin, 
pores rather shallow, up to about 2 mm. dee|i. Context rather light, punky-tirm, 
cream-coloured, extensively [ligmentcd with the rusty orange juice. Uxuding 
when fresh an orange-yeliow dye. Characterised by a peculiar musty-aromatic 
scent. Spores wi'ri* not found b\' Mis.s W aketiehl in tlie type nor in oiii South Aiis 
tralian spei'inii'iis; in a sjiei'inu'ii from the Nattai Hiver, New South Males, y\i. 
foiiin! globose, smooth, coloiiidess spores about 4 g whii'h we beliei'cd to belong to 
this species. South Australia— On fallen logs, Stiinsail-lloom River and Becky 
Biver, K.I.; on under-side of log, Willuiiga Hill; on stum}), Kiiit)io. Victinia. 
New South Wales. Queensland. Tasmania. Flinders Island (Hass Sts.). \Vos- 
tern Australia. March, May. 
d'liis is a very striking and readily recognised s))ecies, characterised by' the 
gi'iieral orange-yellow |)ignientation. 
d2d. Polyporus lateritius Lloyd. (L., lalcritiius', made of bricks, hero brick- 
coloured). — General colour a, rich orange rufous (between Orange Biifous and 
SanforO 's Brown, il.), vi'ry variable in shayie and often much deformed, some- 
times imbricated with thin' (about •'! mm.) irregularly tlute<l horizontal brackets 
and encrusting base, sometimes from an encrusting mass on the ground at the 
base of a stuni}> with a fan-sha|)ed sti})itafe })ileus contracted laterally into a 
stem-like base about lin. (1.2 cm.) long and about 4 mm. thick, more often 
lat('rally attached fonuing a deformeil braidcet u|) to 5in. (12.o cm.) laterall.y, 
LUn. (;i.7 cm.) from before backwards, rather thin but u)) to Un. (1.2 cm.) thick 
Ml the centre, the margin thin. L}'per surface irregularly convex, wluMi sub- 
Stiiiitate de].resseil near tin' stem, rather rough, tending to lie crustulose ami to 
crack or ladiately libiillose-rugulose and tinely rough, (hnnamon Hulr to 
rinnamon (.xxix.)'or |)allid. Ilymenial surface irregularly concave, palliil or 
'fawny Olive (.X.XIX,), ))ori' orifices irregular, usually about 4 in 1 mm., rarely 
nearU’ 1 mm. in dianieter, dissepiments thin, tubes up to 5 mm. dee|),_ near 
rinnamon BulT (X.XI.X.). Context radiately tibrillose, tiiin, usually about 5 mm. 
thick, light when dry, firm but rather iirittie, Orangi' Bufous to Sanford’s Brown 
(II.).’ S|)oi-es S|)lierical to oval but a little irregular, wiiite, 5 p., 5 x 4 y. The 
radiatelv tibrillose context shows tlie tendency to a stijiitate form, the radiations 
in sessi’le iilants laterallv attached tliroughout their lengtli being very oblu|ue 
and a|iiiroaching imrallel'ism with tire surface. At the bases of old stnnpis and 
once on a living trunk of Klicchiiitiis riminaUs Labill. South Australia- 
National Bark, Kagle-on-the-llill (Mount Lofty Bange), Kuit})o. May, ,lune. 
The S|iecies can bi' readily ih'termini'd by the situation, namely at the. base of 
stumiis, by the radiating' lirm-britfle orange-rufous context, and the often 
deformed a]ipearance of the braidiets. 
