Sighting 4206979
White Punk at Sutton, NSW
Identification history
| Laetiporus portentosus | 23 Apr 2019 | Heino1 | ||
| Laetiporus portentosus | 17 Apr 2019 | KenT | ||
| Unverified | 16 Apr 2019 | Whirlwind |
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User's notes
This fungus was on the eastern side of a Eucalyptus macrorhyncha.
3 comments
KenT
wrote:
17 Apr 2019
This doesn't look like the usual insect feeding, perhaps a possum has had a go at this one?
Whirlwind
wrote:
17 Apr 2019
Could very well be as we do have possums, and sugar gliders as well out here.
Pam
wrote:
17 Apr 2019
Wow, that's some serious munching! I've never seen that before - bit different to the usual invertebrates.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.276444-35.226719
- Altitude 727.6m
- Places Sutton, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Apr 2019 03:40 PM Recorded on
- Whirlwind Recorded by
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Collections
Whirlwind Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Laetiporus portentosus Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores] Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Fungi
Species information
- Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
- White Punk Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1207.23m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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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