Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete

2 Mongarlowe, NSW

Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete at Mongarlowe, NSW - 16 May 2020 11:47 AM
Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete at Mongarlowe, NSW - 16 May 2020 11:47 AM
Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete at Mongarlowe, NSW - 16 May 2020 11:47 AM
Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete at Mongarlowe, NSW - 16 May 2020 11:47 AM
Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete at Mongarlowe, NSW - 16 May 2020 11:47 AM
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Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete 19 Aug 2020 Heino1
Unverified 16 May 2020 LisaH

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Initially I thought this was dried cattle urine - but then I looked at the tendrils, and thought . . . nah . . . maybe fungi?

4 comments

Heino1 wrote:
   13 Jul 2020
Yes, fungal. There are a number of 'flat fungi' that you find on the underside of fallen wood and that have those tendrils. This is a species Phanerochaete or something that would once have been placed in Phanerochaete, that genus having been split into several. I have a number of herbarium collections of this sort of thing that I'd filed away as Phanerochate but I know that I have to check them to see just what they are.
LisaH wrote:
   14 Jul 2020
Thank you - fascinating. This fungus was not on the underside, but was on the surface of the bark, visible from a distance.
Heino1 wrote:
   14 Jul 2020
I'd guess that the wood had been turned over at some stage. The area on the underside of wood lying on the ground is a sheltered micro-habitat, very conducive for such flat fungi - whereas the upper surface is a harsher micro-habitat, exposed to greater temperature variation and drying out.
LisaH wrote:
   14 Jul 2020
That makes sense - thank you, much appreciated.

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Species information

  • Phanerochaete/Rhizochaete Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 897.95m Recorded at altitude
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