Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Cooma, NSW

Laetiporus portentosus at Cooma, NSW - 3 Aug 2022
Laetiporus portentosus at Cooma, NSW - 3 Aug 2022
Laetiporus portentosus at Cooma, NSW - 3 Aug 2022
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 10 Aug 2022 Heino1
Fuligo septica 3 Aug 2022 mahargiani

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On dead Eucalyptus. Loosely attached to wood. Appears to be old and disintegrating plasmodium.

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Heino1 wrote:
   10 Aug 2022
Clearly fragments of a very well chewed out specimen!

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  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 995m 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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