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Laetiporus portentosus

1 White Punk at Deakin, ACT

Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 4 Aug 2024
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 4 Aug 2024
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 4 Aug 2024
Laetiporus portentosus at Deakin, ACT - 4 Aug 2024
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 5 Aug 2024 Csteele4
Laetiporus portentosus 5 Aug 2024 SteveBorkowskis
Unidentified 4 Aug 2024 LisaH

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This fungus looks to be providing a feast to something - it seems as though all the outer covering has been removed (top and base), and now the flesh is being consumed

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Pam wrote:
   9 Aug 2024
Yes, the insects just love to feast on this species!!
LisaH wrote:
   9 Aug 2024
Oh, insects - I thought the scrapes looked more like beak or tongue tracks! Thank you!

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Billardiera heterophylla (Western Australian Bluebell Creeper) at Hughes, ACT - 15 Jun 2019 by KL
Laccaria sp. (Laccaria) at Deakin, ACT - 12 Jun 2019 by JackyF
Petroica boodang (Scarlet Robin) at Deakin, ACT - 12 Jun 2019 by JackyF
Acanthiza reguloides (Buff-rumped Thornbill) at Deakin, ACT - 12 Jun 2019 by JackyF
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Smicrornis brevirostris (Weebill) at Deakin, ACT - 31 May 2019 by TomT
Malurus cyaneus (Superb Fairywren) at Deakin, ACT - 31 May 2019 by TomT
Neochmia temporalis (Red-browed Finch) at Deakin, ACT - 31 May 2019 by TomT
Petroica boodang (Scarlet Robin) at Deakin, ACT - 31 May 2019 by TomT
Melichrus urceolatus (Urn Heath) at Deakin, ACT - 16 May 2019 by JackyF
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Platycercus eximius (Eastern Rosella) at Deakin, ACT - 29 Mar 2019 by LisaH
Calotis lappulacea (Yellow Burr Daisy) at Deakin, ACT - 24 Mar 2019 by JackyF
Acacia implexa (Hickory Wattle, Lightwood) at Hughes, ACT - 23 Mar 2019 by JackyF
Hyalarcta huebneri (Leafy Case Moth) at Deakin, ACT - 22 Mar 2019 by JackyF
Alisterus scapularis (Australian King-Parrot) at Deakin, ACT - 22 Mar 2019 by JackyF
Glycine clandestina (Twining Glycine) at Deakin, ACT - 22 Mar 2019 by JackyF
Papilio anactus (Dainty Swallowtail) at Deakin, ACT - 19 Mar 2019 by JackyF
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Pachycephala pectoralis (Golden Whistler) at Hughes, ACT - 17 Mar 2019 by JackyF

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Species information

  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 995m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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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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