Corticioid fungi

Cook, ACT

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	Corticioid fungi	15 Jul 2022	Heino1
	Unverified	8 Jul 2022	trevorpreston

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Lichen on tree bark.

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Heino1 wrote:

15 Jul 2022

I can't be sure from a photograph, but I strongly suspect that this is a corticioid fungus. Mostly you find such fungi on the protected underside of wood that's lying on the ground, but a few (in more than one genus) are found in the exposed habitat of the bark of trees. They can be spread over a considerable distance, in numerous small patches rather than as one continuous sheet. White is the usual colour for such fungi. Of course there are also white crustose lichens but, in Canberra , when I see something that looks like what you've photographed (especially if it's growing on the trunk or on the underside of a branch), I think it's more likely to be a corticioid fungus.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.074078 -35.269188
Altitude 639.3m
Maps Mount Painter
Places Cook, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
8 Jul 2022 08:01 AM Recorded on
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Fungi Other fungi on wood Other non-black fungi trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Corticioid fungi Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 998.5m Recorded at altitude
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