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umber or bay to violet ; pores rather minute, rounded, entire, 
rosy-pruinose ; substance purple violet. 
On trunks of Eucalyptus. Victoria. Queensland. 
Substance red or purple. 
770. Polystictus cinnabarinus. Jacq. Fr. Hym. Eur. 503. 
Sacc. Syll. vi., 5711. 
Pileus corky, convexo-plane, a little zoned, rugulose, pubescent, 
becoming smooth, vermilion, growing pale, internally floccose and 
darker (6-8 c.m. broad, 2 c.m. thick) ; pores round, of medium 
size, bright vermilion. 
On trunks, etc. Victoria. Queensland. W. Australia. S. 
Australia. Tasmania. New Guinea. 
*££ Substance yellowish. 
771. Polystictus radiatus. Fr. Hym. Eur. 565. Sacc. Syll. 
vi., 5717. 
Pileus corky, coriaceous, rigid, radiately rugose, at first velvety, 
brown, then smooth, ferruginous brown ; margin spreading, repand 
(2-3 c.m. broad) ; pores minute, pallid, with a silvery lustre, at 
length ferruginous. Spores 4-6 x 3-4 p. 
On trunks. Victoria. Queensland. 
#*# Substance ferruginous brown. 
772. Polystictus venustus. Berk. Hook. Journ. 1845, 55. 
Sacc. Syll. vi., 5732. 
Imbricate, forming elongated tufts ; pilei reflexed, coriaceous, 
zoned, whitish, zones darker, fasciculately tomentose in front, 
becoming almost bare behind ; margin rather brownish ; hymenium 
purple ; pores of medium size, variable ; dissepiments thin and 
torn. 
On trunks, etc. Queensland. W. Australia. 
773. Polystictus floridanus. Berk. Ann. Nat. Hist, x., 376. 
Sacc. Syll. vi., 5733. 
Pale bay; pilei rather flabellate, laterally connate, thin, coria- 
ceous, zoned, pubescent ; zones becoming smooth (5 c.m. broad, 
31 c.m. long) ; pores small, irregular, rather toothed; substance 
gilvous-bay. 
On trunks. Queensland. 
g. Coriacei. Pileus dimidiate, sessile, coriaceous, zoned ; sub- 
stance tough, floccose. 
a. Versicolokes. Substance white. 
* Benuini. 
774. Polystictus versicolor. Linn. Fr. Hym. Eur. 568. 
Sacc. Syll. vi., 5741. 
Pileus coriaceous, thin, rigid, flattened, depressed behind and 
even, velvety, shining, variegated with other coloured zones (3-6 
