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Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Hackett, ACT

Laetiporus portentosus at Hackett, ACT - 15 Dec 2019
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 18 Dec 2019 Heino1
Laetiporus portentosus 15 Dec 2019 KenT
Unidentified 15 Dec 2019 sbittinger

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User's notes

Dried fungus, fist-sized mass. Very lightweight like styrofoam, riddled with little holes on all sides.

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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
  • External link More information
  • 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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