Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 29 May 2026 Heinol
Unverified 23 May 2026 sbittinger

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This fungi is growing on a large, long-dead tree, about 50cm off the ground.

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sbittinger wrote:
   24 May 2026
Could this be Laetiporus portentosus, White Punk?

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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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