Lentinus arcularius (Fringed Polypore)
Basidiomycete – Polypore
Cap: Light tan to brown, convex to plane with a deep central depression; often coverd with small darker tan/brown scales in a concentric pattern; the margin is edged with fine hair; thin and leathery in texture when fresh, dries very hard. Up to 5 cm, though usually smaller.
Pores: From very pale beige (almost white) to light brown; radially elongated, coffin shaped (roughly hexagonal).
Stem: Shades of brown, similar to cap, central, cylindrical, smooth to slightly textured; up to 5 cm x 0.3 cm.
Substrate: Dead wood - SAPROTROPHIC
Habit: Solitary or gregarious
Spores: White; cylindrical, smooth
Comments: A very common fungus; cosmopolitan; causes white rot; is believed to contain antibacterial and antibiotic compounds
Description taken from A guide to the common fungi of coastal New South Wales. 2016 Skye Moore and Pam O'Sullivan
Lentinus arcularius is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast
Species information
- Lentinus arcularius Scientific name
- Fringed Polypore Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 873.11m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Polyporus arcularius
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Maps
Aranda Bushland ATEST2 Boro Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Burrinjuck Nature Reserve Cooma North Ridge Reserve Cotter Reserve Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat, Bruce Hughes Garran Woodland Hughes Grassy Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Kama Kuringa Woodlands Molonglo River Reserve Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut QPRC LGA Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Stony Creek Nature Reserve Sullivans Creek, Turner Swamp Creek The Fair, Watson The Pinnacle Tuggeranong Hill Umbagong District Park Woodstock Nature Reserve -
Places
Ainslie, ACT Belconnen, ACT Boro, NSW Borough, NSW Bruce, ACT Bungendore, NSW Burrinjuck, NSW Carwoola, NSW Cook, ACT Cooma, NSW Coombs, ACT Coree, ACT Deakin, ACT Dunlop, ACT Fadden, ACT Farrer, ACT Florey, ACT Fraser, ACT Greenway, ACT Hackett, ACT Hawker, ACT Holt, ACT Hughes, ACT Latham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Michelago, NSW Molonglo Valley, ACT Nicholls, ACT O'Malley, ACT Paddys River, ACT Page, ACT Red Hill, ACT Rendezvous Creek, ACT Theodore, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Turner, ACT Watson, ACT Weetangera, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
