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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

2 comments

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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  • 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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