Sighting 4345458
White Punk at Cook, ACT
Identification history
| Laetiporus portentosus | 16 Sep 2020 | Heino1 | ||
| Laetiporus portentosus | 16 Sep 2020 | Heino1 | ||
| Unidentified | 16 Sep 2020 | Tammy |
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4 comments
Heino1
wrote:
16 Sep 2020
It is typical for the fruitbodies of this species to be heavily infested with invertebrates. They create lots of tunnels through the fruitbody and the holes that show in your photo are remnants of tunnels created by burrowing invertebrates. Mass chewing weakens the fruitbody so bits (or the the whole fruitbody) can fall off - and it is common to see parts of (or entire, but chewed) fruitbodies on the ground, where they often resembles irregularly-shaped lumps of polystyrene. Even without grub attack, the fruitbodies of this species generally don't stay on the tree for too long and, very occasionally, you might even see a largely intact fruitbody on the ground. If you look at the photos of this species on Canberra Nature Map you will see that many show grub chew holes - but some show obvious bite marks caused by larger animals. Various native animals are known to eat fungi, often opportunistic rather than deliberate (though consumption of native truffles is an exception). I don't known which larger animals eat this Laetiporus, but invertebrates are the main consumers.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.073427-35.261466
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Sep 2020 12:17 PM Recorded on
- Tammy 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
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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
