Sighting 4570288
Purplish Stereum at Hughes Grassy Woodland
Identification history
| Xylobolus illudens | 10 May 2024 | Heino1 | ||
| Stereum hirsutum | 9 May 2024 | Csteele4 | ||
| Unidentified | 6 May 2024 | LisaH |
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4 comments
Heino1
wrote:
9 May 2024
Either Xylobolus illudens (if the underside is pinkish-purple) or a species of Stereum. I suspect the former is more likely.
Heino1
wrote:
9 May 2024
As you can see Christina and I have a difference of opinion. With Stereum hirsutum at its prime, I'd expect to see underlying shades of orange/brown, with a white hairy overlay. Sure, with age the hairiness can erode colours become murkier. My impression is that these photos include specimens still at or close to their prime (but I could be wrong) and so, given the duller colours, incline to Xylobolus illudens. That species has shifted to and from Stereum over the years and it might be back in favour as a Stereum, which I'll need to check. Our healthy difference of opinion shows again how useful a view of (or a comment about) the colour of the underside would be.
and This is an example where a view (or a comment about) the underside would settle things
and This is an example where a view (or a comment about) the underside would settle things
LisaH
wrote:
9 May 2024
Thank you for the discussion. I went out this afternoon and took some photos of the underside, which I've added to the sighting. Hope that helps.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.090146-35.327162
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 9 May 2024 05:30 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Collections
Fungi Underside smooth or wrinkled/roughened <Stereum etc> Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Xylobolus illudens Scientific name
- Purplish Stereum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1088m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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