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EXTERNALLY, sporophores of the two species, Polystictus cinndbarinus and P. sanguineus, differ in the tint of red coloration and in the nature of the porous areas, though they are regarded by many as identical. Miss Wakefield holds (personal communication, 1948) Polystictus sanguineus as the tropical country-analogue of Polystictus (Trametes) cinnabarinus of the temperate climate. Cunningham1, in his recent revision of Australian Polyporaceæ in herbaria of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and of the British Museum (Natural History), holds Polyporus (Coriolus) sanguineus Fr. to be identical with Polyporus cinnabarinus Fr., with the remark that “there is no constant feature upon which two species may be maintained”. Cleland2 is also of the same opinion, as he noticed fruit bodies of Polystictus sanguineus and Polyporus cinnabarinus growing in the same area of Sydney, almost at any time of the year after sufficient rain, on fallen logs. Lloyd3 holds Polystictus cinnabarinus as the temperate region-analogue of the tropical Polystictus sanguineus.
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BOSE, S. Identity of Polystictus( = Polyporus = Trametes) cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr. with Polystictus sanguineus (L.) Fr.. Nature 170, 1020 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/1701020a0
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