TEST
Fungi
Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood
Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores]
Sighting 4256557

Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Deakin, ACT

Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 14 Apr 2020
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 26 Jun 2020 Heino1
Unidentified 14 Apr 2020 JackyF

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Large decaying fruiting body cluster, loose from ground but looked as if it had thick stem and porous underside (photo 2 shows underside). Pocket mirror in photo 3 for scale.

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Clematis leptophylla (Small-leaf Clematis, Old Man's Beard) at Deakin, ACT - 20 Sep 2020 by JackyF
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Einadia nutans (Climbing Saltbush) at Deakin, ACT - 15 Apr 2020 by JackyF
Oxalis thompsoniae (Fluffy-fruit Wood-sorrel) at Deakin, ACT - 15 Apr 2020 by JackyF
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Pisolithus sp. (Pisolithus) at Deakin, ACT - 15 Apr 2018 by JackyF
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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 14 Apr 2020 01:12 PM Recorded on
  • JackyF Recorded by

Species information

  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • 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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