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631. Polyporus Gunnii. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 253. Sacc. 
Syll. vi., 5079. 
Pileus flabellate, thin, whitish, becoming dingy, tomentose, 
rather rugose and somewhat zoned (5-10 c.m.) ; substance snowy 
white; hymenium white, pores irregular, of medium size (g-^ui.m.). 
On branches. Tasmania. 
632. Polyporus .Augustus. Berlc. FI. Tasm. n., 253, t. 182, 
f. 6. Sacc. Syll. vi., 5080. 
Pileus narrow, growing again, in front pallid, rather tomentose, 
rough behind and brown, adnate or decurrent (12-18 m.m. long) ; 
hymenium white, pores small, angularly punctiform (149-150 y). 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. 
* # Pileus smooth. 
633. Polyporus fragilis. Fr. Hym. Fur. 546. leones t. 
182,/. 2. Sacc. Syll. vi., 5082. 
White, spotted with brown when touched ; pileus fleshy, fibrous, 
fragile, plane, depressed and kidney-shaped, rugose (to 5 c.m. 
broad), convex beneath, pores very thin, elongated, flexuous, intri- 
cate ; spores 8 x 1 /i. 
On wood. Victoria. 
634. Polyporus stypticus. Pers. Fr. Hym. Eur. 546. 
leones t. 181,/ 2. Sacc. Syll. vi,, 5092. 
Pileus fleshy, then corky, pulvinate, fragile, becoming even and 
smooth, whitish (12 cm. broad, 2^ c.m. thick); margin obtuse, 
rather reddish ; pores long, rounded, equal, white. 
On trunks. W. Australia. 
635. Polyporus chioneus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 546. Sacc. Syll. 
vi., 5093. 
White; pileus fleshy, soft, nearly even, smooth, without zones, 
often porrect behind; margin inflexed (2^-8 c.m. broad); pores 
short, minute, rounded, equal, entire; spores 3|xl)-2^; odour 
acidulous. 
On trunks. Victoria. N.S. Wales. Queensland. 
636. Polyporus argentatus. Cooke Grev. xv., 20. Sacc. 
Syll. 5107. 
Pileus from toughly fleshy to coriaceous, flattened, shell-shaped, 
even or papillate, slightly silky, white in front, cinereous brown 
behind (2-3 in. broad, £ in. thick); margin rather acute, often 
whitish, faintly sulcate ; flesh white, pores equal, rounded, of 
medium size, dissepiments thickened. 
On trunks. Victoria. Queensland. 
637. Polyporus campylus. Berk. FI. Tasm. n., 252, t. 182, 
tig. 7. Sacc. Syll. 5106. 
Pileus palmate, lobed, white, becoming smooth (3x4 c.m.); 
hymenium concave; pores small, irregular (318 y diam.) ; margin 
rather obtuse. 
On rotten wood. Tasmania. 
