CEYLON POLYPORI. 
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2680, Hakgala, September, 1908 ; 2679, ditto ; 3968, 
Hakgala, April, 1914 ; 4720, Hakgala, April, 1915 ; 
2179, Kegalla, July, 1906 ; 3293, Peradeniya, December 
1911 ; 4763, Peradeniya, August, 1915. 
Polystictus setiporus Berk. 
Polyporus cichoracens in B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 
472. 
2808, Hakgala, September, 1908 ; 3444, Hakgala, 
May, 1912 ; 3712, Hakgala, May, 1913 ; 2929, Pera- 
deniya, August, 1909. 
Polystictus Gaudichaudii Lév. 
Polyporus Menziezii Berk., Fungi of Ceylon, 446 ; 
Polyporus Thwaitesii Berk., Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 
(1854), p. 229. 
3304, Peradeniya, December, 1911 (det. Lloyd) ; 
2965, Hapugastenna, October, 1909 ; 2871, Peradeniya, 
July, 1909 ; 2778, Ferriby estate, February, 1909 (det. 
Lloyd) ; 3749, Hakgala, September, 1913 ; 4457, 
Hakgala, November, 1914 (det. Lloyd). 
Polystictus caperatus Berk. 
Polyporus phodnus B. & Br., Fungi of Ceylon, 484. 
4098, Gangaruwa, January, 1914 (confirmed by 
Lloyd). 
The two recorded Ceylon gatherings of this species 
are both the thin form named P. phodnus by Berkeley 
and Broom,e. 
Polystictus elongatus Berk. 
2687, 3453 (det. Lloyd), 3470 (det. Lloyd), 3475 (det. 
Lloyd), 4065 ; all from Hakrgala, where it is abundant. 
The pilei are usually united behind by a thick leathery 
sheet of white tissue. Both the upper and the under 
surfaces are violet at first. Lloyd states that P. 
pergamenus is distinguished from P. elongatus by 
having the hyménium violet at first ; if this is the only 
distinction, the two are identical. 
Polystictus luteo-olivaceus Berk. 
3351 (det. Lloyd), 3642 (det. Lloyd), 3948, 4753 (det. 
Lloyd), 3529 ; all from Peradeniya. 
