Sighting 4584407
Laetiporus portentosus
1 White Punk at Deakin, ACT
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| Laetiporus portentosus | Csteele4 | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| Laetiporus portentosus | SteveBorkowskis | 5 Aug 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 4 Aug 2024 |
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User's notes
This fungus looks to be providing a feast to something - it seems as though all the outer covering has been removed (top and base), and now the flesh is being consumed
2 comments
9 Aug 2024
Oh, insects - I thought the scrapes looked more like beak or tongue tracks! Thank you!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.102003-35.326991
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Aug 2024 04:11 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Collections
- LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Laetiporus portentosus Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores] Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Fungi
Species information
- Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
- White Punk Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1207.23m 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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