Sighting 4634845
White Punk at Fraser, ACT
Identification history
| Laetiporus portentosus | 13 Jan 2025 | JTran | ||
| Unidentified | 4 Jan 2025 | mcstone |
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User's notes
This fungus rapidly emerged on a E blakelyi on our nature strip in Fraser in December 2024.
3 comments
Teresa
wrote:
7 Jan 2025
This appear to be a decaying or weathered Laetiporus portentosus which are quite common on many species of eucalypts
mcstone
wrote:
18 Jan 2025
The growth was systematically removed today by galahs interested in the tree hollow. See photos of a large chunk which fell down once the main connection to the tree was chewed through.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050125-35.189311
- Altitude 611.5m
- Places Fraser, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2025 05:37 PM Recorded on
- mcstone Recorded by
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Collections
mcstone NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest 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 995m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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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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