Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus	4 Sep 2020	Heino1
Laetiporus portentosus	4 Sep 2020	Heino1
Unverified	2 Sep 2020	ConBoekel

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User's notes

My best guess for what ate some of this fungi is Swamp Wallaby. There was no fungus detritus on the ground. The host tree is probably E rossii.

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Heino1 wrote:

4 Sep 2020

The upper surface shows obvious bite marks (perhaps from a swamp wallaby) and the underside shows evidence of grub-shewing. It is uncommon to find a specimen of this that does NOT have invertebrate chew holes.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.101922 -35.278425
Altitude 714.0m
Maps Black Mountain
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Sep 2020 10:05 AM Recorded on
ConBoekel Recorded by
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ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr 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
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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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