Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Garran, ACT

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Identification history

	Laetiporus portentosus	1 Sep 2016	Heino
	Unverified	28 Aug 2016	MichaelMulvaney

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User's notes

5m up the main trunk of a Yellow Box tree at junction with large branch. Outer edge may have been chewed a bit by parrots?

2 comments

Heino wrote:

1 Sep 2016

The numerous holes show that this specimen has been heavily chewed out by invertebrates and it is common to see such chewed-out examples of this species.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

2 Sep 2016

Thanks Heino and thanks for you urge ID effort over the last days

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Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
28 Aug 2016 03:22 PM Recorded on
MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
Collections
Fungi Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores] MichaelMulvaney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
White Punk Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1207.23m 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