Sighting 4585402
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Paddys River, ACT
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| Laetiporus portentosus | Heino1 | 12 Aug 2024 | ||
| Unverified | VanceLawrence | 11 Aug 2024 |
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Largest fungi I have ever seen on a Gum tree, particularly a living one. The fungus was approximately 6m up the tree, I would estimate a length of 50cm, width our from the trunk of up to 40cm, depth of 30cm.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.893611-35.473056
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Aug 2024 03:54 PM Recorded on
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- VanceLawrence 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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