Xylodon australis

West Goulburn Bushland Reserve

Xylodon australis at West Goulburn Bushland Reserve - 3 Jul 2024 04:16 PM
Xylodon australis at West Goulburn Bushland Reserve - 3 Jul 2024 04:16 PM
Xylodon australis at West Goulburn Bushland Reserve - 3 Jul 2024 04:16 PM
Xylodon australis at West Goulburn Bushland Reserve - 3 Jul 2024 04:16 PM
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Identification history

Xylodon australis 4 Jul 2024 Heino1
Unverified 3 Jul 2024 trevorpreston

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Fungi on tree trunk where a big sheet of bark had fallen off.

3 comments

Steve818 wrote:
   3 Jul 2024
Probably a fungal stem canker
Heino1 wrote:
   4 Jul 2024
@Steve818 not a canker. This is the fully-developed, sporing state of one of the 'flat' fungi (or, to use the technical term, corticioid fungi). Xylodon australis is common on dead wood but at times you find quite large expanses on live trunks. The pinkish-brown to orange-brown colour and the surface with its short, densely-packed teeth tend to make this a fairly distinctive species. You find a few other genera of corticioid fungi on live trunks and in general it's a microscope job to get to genus.
Steve818 wrote:
   4 Jul 2024
Thanks @Heino1 great information

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  • Xylodon australis Scientific name
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  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 610.13m to 755m Recorded at altitude

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