Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Laetiporus portentosus	13 Dec 2021	Heino1
	Myxomycete-plasmodium(class)	22 Jul 2021	drakes

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About 20 cm across (long axis). Second specimen only 2-3 cm across. Aranda Bushland towards Bindubi St bike underpass.

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Heino1 wrote:

23 Jul 2021

This is a well-chewed specimen of Laetiporus portentosus, one of the shelf-like polypore fungi. It's probably more common to see it chewed and fallen rather than still on a tree. Confirmation will have to await the species' re-appearance on the drop-down list.

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2 Abundance
19 Jul 2021 10:01 AM Recorded on
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Fungi Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores]

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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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