Sighting 4645239
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Cooma, NSW
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| Laetiporus portentosus | Heinol | 28 Feb 2025 | |
| Ganoderma sp. | mahargiani | 11 Feb 2025 |
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User's notes
On horizontal portion of trunk of a Eucalyptus cinerea specimen. The top was smooth about 4 days ago, have had one heavy storm since then. Became detached when I tried to cut a small portion off, second photo is underside. Appeared to be solid and white throughout.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.126144-36.216171
- Altitude 887.0m
- Maps Cooma North Ridge Reserve
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2025 01:29 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
Collections
- mahargiani NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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