Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Paddys River, ACT

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	Laetiporus portentosus	12 Aug 2024	Heino1
	Unverified	11 Aug 2024	VanceLawrence

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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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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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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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