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615. Polyporus platotis. B. ij' Br. Linn. Trans. 1879, 401, 
pi. 4b, f. 7. Sacc. Syll 5007. 
Pileus clavate, then plane, and infundibnliform, smooth, ochra- 
ceons, fragile, spongy, marked with radiating thin lines (5 c.m. 
hroad) ; stem elongated, thickened upwards (7-8 c.m. long). 
Pores angular, descending at the base (200-300 p broad), of the 
same colour as the pileus. 
On wood. Queensland. 
Apparently only an abnormal, distorted condition of P. grammo- 
cephalus. 
616. Polyporus dorcadideus. B. <|' Br. Linn. Trans, n., 
57, t. 10, f. 16. Sacc. Syll. vr., 5008. 
Pileus flabelliform, lobate, umbel', pruinosely velvety (8-9 c.m. 
broad, 7 c.m. long) ; stem short (2 c.m. long, 1 c.m. thick). 
Pores of medium size, hexagonal, dissepiments thin and torn (2 
m.m. diam.). 
On trunks. Queensland. 
617. Polyporus fusco-lineatus. B. <j- Br. Linn. Trans. 
1879, pi. 45, /. 1. Sacc. Syll. VI., 5009. 
Pilous thin, tough, flabelliform, ochraceous (4-6 m.m thick), 
striate with radiating brown strigose lines ; margin sinuate, in- 
curved when dry ; pores of medium size, irregular, tawny-brown 
(-J-1 m.m. broad) ; stem depressed, ochraceous, thicker above, 
reticulated, tomentose below. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
f. Frondosi. Pileus fleshy , firm, floccosely fibrous, zoneless, not in- 
durated. Tufts central, stipilate, arising from a common base, 
more or less concrete. Pores seceding. 
618. Polyporus frondosus. Fr. Ilym. Eur. 538. Sver. 
Svam. t. 44. Sacc. Syll. vr„ 5015. 
Yery much branched, iibrously fleshy, rather tough ; pilei very 
numerous, dimidiate, rugose, lobed, intricately recurved, greyish, 
sooty-brown (tufts 15-30 c.m. broad and high, pilei 1^-6 c.m. 
broad) ; stems growing together; pores small, acute, white as 
well as the stems. 
On trunks and at their base. Tasmania. 
619. Polyporus intybaceus. Fr. Ilym. Eur. 538. Sacc. 
Syll. 5017. 
Yery much branched, fleshy, rather fragile (15-30 c.m. broad) ; 
pilei very numerous, dimidiate, extended, sinuate, at length 
spathulale, gilvous, tawny; stems connate in a very short trunk; 
pores firm, obtuse, white, then tawny. Spores ovoid, hyaline, 
4-5 x 2-3 p. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
620. Polyporus confluens. Fr. Hym. Eur. 539. Sver. 
Svamp. t. 24. Sacc. Syll. vi , 5019. 
Branching, fleshy but firm, fragile ; pilei thick, dimidiate, 
imbricated, confluent, smooth, flesh colour, then yellowish, at 
