Sighting 4610959
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Denman Prospect, ACT
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| Laetiporus portentosus | Heino1 | 5 Nov 2024 | |
| Unverified | PGL | 5 Nov 2024 |
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User's notes
Dinner plate sized white bracket type ? fungus high up on red gum with with pieces below that had fallen from the tree, resembling polystyrene in colour and texture.
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5 Nov 2024
You probably see this species more often as broken 'polystyrene' than as an intact bracket still on the tree.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.014222-35.292911
- Altitude 630.5m
- Maps Piney Ridge Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Denman Prospect, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Nov 2024 10:37 AM Recorded on
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Collections
- PGL 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
Record quality
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