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VIII. FUNGI. 
[Polyporus. 
8. P. (Apus) dichrous, Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 178. Im- 
bricate, white, very effuse. Pileus fleshy, tenacious, soft, reflexed, silky, ob- 
soletely zoned. Pores short, equal, rounded, obtuse, cinnamon-brown. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, J. D. H., Colenso. 
9. P. (Apus) igniarius, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N, Z ii. 179. Peren- 
nial. Mycelium and spores white. Pileus even, often resupiuate, flocculent, 
substance hard and thick, opaque, ferruginous, changing to brownish- black ; 
margin rounded, surface uneven, flesh zoned. Pores very minute, first whitish, 
then cinnamon-coloured, convex. — Berk. Outlines, 246. 
Northern Island: trunks of trees, Bay of Islands, J. 1). IT. (Europe, etc.) 
10. P. (Apus) salicinus, Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. Large, 
perennial, often resupinate, very effuse. Pileus woody, very hard, undulate, 
smooth; margin short, obtuse, spreading, cinnamon, then brown; crust 
black. Pores very small, round, ferruginous and cinnamon. — Berk. Outlines, 
246. 
diddle Island : Dusky Bay, Menzies. (Europe and various couutries.) 
11. P. (Apus) iridioid.es. Berk.; — FI. N. Z. ii. 179. Large. 
Pileus hard, between woody and corky, reniform, convex above, flat be- 
low', cinnamon-coloured, obscurely zoned, ferruginous-grey, rhubarb-coloured 
within, minutely rugulose ; margin velvety ; behind very scabrous, with elon- 
gate bristly nodules. Pores very minute, punctiform. 
Northern Island: Bay of Islands, on wood, J. D. H. (South Africa, Australia.) 
12. P. (Apus) scruposus, Fries ; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 178. Pileus 
corky, subtriquetrous, rough with little points, zoneless, reddish-grey, at 
length sulcate near the margin ; substance rhubarb-coloured. Pores minute 
round, equal, ferruginous. 
Northern Island: on dead wood, Colenso. (Europe.) 
13. P. (Apus) plebeius. Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 179. Pale, imbri- 
cate. Pileus corky, 2 in. across, dimidiate, pulvinate, zoneless externally and 
internally, usually even, minutely pubescent, rigid, under surface concave; 
margin obtuse. Pores minute, punctiform ; edges obtuse. 
Northern Island: on wood, Colenso. (A var. with acute margins is found in the 
Himalayas.) 
14. P. (Apus) australis. Fries; — Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 179. Pileus 
very hard, woody, plano-convex, tuberculate and undulate, glabrous, brownish- 
black, under surface concave, with a broad poreless band. Pores minute, 
rounded, equal, obtuse, whitish. 
Northern Island : on dead wood, J. D. H. (Pacific Islands.) 
15. P. (Apus) liemitrepliius. Berk, in FI. N. Z. ii. 179. Pileus 
firm, corky, zoned, ungulate, with 2 or 3 deep, concentric furrows, minutely 
tomentose, within zoned, u'ood-eoloured, tawny beneath the hardened cuticle ; 
under surface concave, white. Pores punctiform, substratified. 
Northern Islaud : on trunks of trees, Colenso. 
