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Pycnoporus coccineus

Scarlet Bracket at Dunlop, ACT

Pycnoporus coccineus at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022
Pycnoporus coccineus at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022
Pycnoporus coccineus at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022
Pycnoporus coccineus at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022
Pycnoporus coccineus at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022
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Identification history

Pycnoporus coccineus 3 Jun 2022 Heino1
Unidentified 2 Jun 2022 rainer

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User's notes

This fungus was growing in the dead wood of a fallen Monterey Pine, Pinus radiata. Its fruiting body was an amorphous mass emerging from the cracks in the bark. Tentatively identified as Piptoporus australiensis.

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rainer wrote:
   3 Jun 2022
Thanks for the ID, Heino!

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Nearby sightings

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Chelodina longicollis (Eastern Long-necked Turtle) at Dunlop, ACT - 4 Nov 2022 by NNC Pyrus sp. (An Ornamental Pear) at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022 by rainer Platycercus elegans (Crimson Rosella) at Dunlop, ACT - 23 Sep 2021 by Sammyj87
Chelodina longicollis (Eastern Long-necked Turtle) at Dunlop, ACT - 4 Nov 2022 by NNC
Pyrus sp. (An Ornamental Pear) at Dunlop, ACT - 1 Jun 2022 by rainer
Platycercus elegans (Crimson Rosella) at Dunlop, ACT - 23 Sep 2021 by Sammyj87

Location information

Species information

  • Pycnoporus coccineus Scientific name
  • Scarlet Bracket Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Jun 2022 12:50 PM Recorded on
  • rainer Recorded by

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