Bolbitis quoyana (Gaud.) Ching In C.chr.

Sterile fronds pinnate, up to 130 cm long; lamina index 1-3(-4), up io 80 by 40 cm, terminal segment 9-26 cm long, herbaceous to subcoriaceous, green or brown (or blackish); pinnae 13-52, index 2-7, 7-22 by 1.3-3.5(-4.5) cm, base symmetrical, (narrowly to) broadly cuneate to cordate, margin usually lobed 1/3-⅔ towards the costa, sometimes either ± entire or lobed to 4/5 towards the costa, with a usually rather inconspicuous spine in the sinuses, apex acute to acuminate, lobes close together to spaced, straight or subfalcate, margin entire or crenate-serrate; terminal segment narrowly triangular, shorter than the remaining part of the lamina; venation pattern: veins forming a regular network, areoles angulate isodiametric or elongate decreasing in size towards the margin, see Fig. 31j-k. Fertile fronds up to 120 cm long; lamina index 3-6, pinnae index 5-15, 3-15 by 0.4-1.7 cm. Sporangia usually inserted all over the lower surface, sometimes situated along the margin only, the arrangement usually acrostichoid, sometimes ± pteridoid. Spores with a smooth cristate perispore. Chromosomes n = 41, 2n = 82, 123.

In Queensland common in lowland rainforests, and up to 500 m altitude (Jones 1998: 431). In the Northern Territory, with only a few records, found on shaded rock faces and overhangs along perennially wet creek (Short et al. 2003: 66).