Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Downer, ACT

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Identification history

	Laetiporus portentosus	14 May 2021	Heino1
	Unidentified	14 May 2021	TimL

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The fourth image shows water drops suspended from damage to the underside pores, towards the rear of the fungus. Closer inspection of the water drops (fifth image) shows small striped grubs-like insects within most of them. See also follow-up sighting 4384082 which shows physical damage that has occurred to the fungus since the original sighting.

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Location information

Maps ANBG
Places Downer, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
TimL Recorded by
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Fungi Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores] TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
White Punk Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 995m 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

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