Sighting 4731017
Laetiporus portentosus
White Punk at Aranda, ACT
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| Laetiporus portentosus | Heinol | 7 Jul 2026 | |
| Laetiporus portentosus | Jennybach | 5 Jul 2026 |
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User's notes
Fallen between 2 species of eucalypt trees. Frail branch still embedded. Looks very like polystyrene. One of the 2 trees also bore a younger possible specimen of same species but not clear which of the trees this fell from.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.089128-35.271600
- Altitude 630.7m
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Aranda, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Jul 2026 04:25 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
Collections
- Jennybach 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
Quality score
5 / 7
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