Sighting 4209448
White Punk at Mirador, NSW
Identification history
| Laetiporus portentosus | 24 May 2019 | Pam | ||
| Unidentified | 21 May 2019 | hynesker1234 |
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User's notes
The sunglasses are in shot for size.
2 comments
Pam
wrote:
25 May 2019
This is a typical remnant of a Laetiporus portentosus that can be found on the forest floor. This species provides an absolute feast for the insects as you can see clearly by the little tunnels they've chewed all through the fungus. What remains (known as a punk) is very light in weight and has a bit of a look of styrofoam. If you look nearby there's a slight chance you can pick the tree it's come off, if not this year then in the years to come. I find them frequently on 'stringybarks'. We have a Eucalyptus agglomerata that I've frequently see one of these on regularly, and the tree still seems to be going strong after over a decade. This fungus causes brown cubical rot in living trees of various Euc, spp. The fresh fungus has a sweet, spicy odour. The dry remnant is said to be combustable and was used as tinder by pre-European Aborigines and early colonists.
hynesker1234
wrote:
25 May 2019
Oh that's so interesting. Thanks for your most comprehensive information Pam.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.919861-36.881717
- Altitude 21.1m
- Places Mirador, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 14 May 2019 07:24 AM Recorded on
- hynesker1234 Recorded by
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
- External link More information
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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
