Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Undefined Area

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Laetiporus portentosus Heino1 21 Aug 2019
Unverified rawshorty 21 Aug 2019

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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.

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

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  • At least 1 Abundance
  • 18 Aug 2019 11:21 AM Recorded on
  • rawshorty Recorded by

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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
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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
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