On the sporophore of the native bread (Polyporus mylitta)

Early in the present month (March, 1930), two specimens of the subterranean fungus called, "Native Bread" were received from a settler on the N.W. Coast of Tasmania.
They were of an irregular rounded shape, dark-brown on the exterior, but white where the thin rind had been rubbed off. Each weighed about 1 3/4 lb. It was the 3rd of the month when they came to hand. They were placed in an open box in my museum-room, and on 9th inst. one of them exhibited two white knobs, close together, on the upper surface. They much resembled the button-stage of the ordinary mushroom.
Each measured slightly over one inch across the top, by 7/8 inch in height. By the morning of 12th inst., they had grown to 1 1/2 inches high, the upper surface having changed from white to pale yellow; the underside of the pileus had become wrinkled, but was still closed.