Fungi
Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood
Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores]
Sighting 4232759

Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Majura, ACT

Laetiporus portentosus at Majura, ACT - 18 Aug 2019
Laetiporus portentosus at Majura, ACT - 18 Aug 2019
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 21 Aug 2019 Heino1
Unidentified 21 Aug 2019 rawshorty

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User's notes

I assume it is a type of fungus? It was high up on the gum tree so photo is a large crop taken with my 400mm lens.

2 comments

rawshorty wrote:
   21 Aug 2019
I should have added that it is quite large, about 25-30 cm wide.
Heino1 wrote:
   21 Aug 2019
A very chewed-out specimen - as is fairly common with sightings of this species.

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 18 Aug 2019 11:21 AM Recorded on
  • rawshorty Recorded by

Species information

  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 995m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information

  • Synonyms

    Piptoporus eucalyptorum (Fr.) Warcup, Ecology Forests Woodlands South Australia: 131 (1986) Piptoporus portentosus (Berk.) G. Cunn., Bull. N.Z. Dept. Sci. Industr. Res., Pl. Dis. Div. 164: 106 (1965) Piptoporus eucalyptorum Piptoporus portentosus
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