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Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood
Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores]
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Aranda, ACT
Identification history
| Laetiporus portentosus | 13 Dec 2021 | Heino1 | ||
| Myxomycete - plasmodium | 22 Jul 2021 | drakes |
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User's notes
About 20 cm across (long axis). Second specimen only 2-3 cm across. Aranda Bushland towards Bindubi St bike underpass.
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Heino1 wrote:
23 Jul 2021
This is a well-chewed specimen of Laetiporus portentosus, one of the shelf-like polypore fungi. It's probably more common to see it chewed and fallen rather than still on a tree. Confirmation will have to await the species' re-appearance on the drop-down list.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.077092-35.266577
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Aranda, ACT
Species information
- Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
- White Punk Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local Native
- Non-Invasive
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 19 Jul 2021 10:01 AM Recorded on
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