Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Acton, ACT

Laetiporus portentosus at Acton, ACT - 2 Sep 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Acton, ACT - 2 Sep 2020
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 4 Sep 2020 Heino1
Laetiporus portentosus 4 Sep 2020 Heino1
Unidentified 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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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 2 Sep 2020 10:05 AM Recorded on
  • ConBoekel Recorded by

Species information

  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 995m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • 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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