Sighting 4256561
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Deakin, ACT
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| Laetiporus portentosus | MichaelMulvaney | 25 Apr 2020 | |
| Laetiporus portentosus | Pam | 16 Apr 2020 | |
| Unverified | JackyF | 14 Apr 2020 |
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User's notes
Photo 1 within 2 metres of Fungus sighting 426557, photo 2 in same location as previous cluster of fungi sightings. Texture like a toadstool, not styrofoam. Not attached to ground, looks like a large decayed fungus fruiting body, possibly a more decayed version of sighting 426557.
2 comments
15 Apr 2020
Remnants of an old Laetiporus portentosus. Yes these remnants do look like styrofoam because the insects just love to eat the fresh fungus leaving a myriad of holes and tunnels! This fungus grows on various living Eucalyptus trees causing brown cubical rot. Seems to be slow acting. The dry fungus is combustible and was once used as tinder for firelighting by pre-European Aborigines and early colonists
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106265-35.325092
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 14 Apr 2020 01:16 PM Recorded on
- JackyF Recorded by
Collections
- JackyF 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