Laetiporus portentosus

White Punk at Manyana, NSW

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Identification history

	Laetiporus portentosus	27 Feb 2020	Pam
	Unverified	26 Feb 2020	PatB

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3 metres up tree trunk. Total width 150 mm, total height 200 mm.

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Pam wrote:

27 Feb 2020

An interesting example of this species. The insects absolutely love this fungus and you can see by the darker markings on the underside that they are well on the way to making a meal of this group. When this fungus is old it falls off the tree and you can find it on the ground looking like a piece of styrofoam because of the colour, texture and all the holes and tunnels made by the insects.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.508636 -35.254922
Altitude 41.6m
Places Manyana, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
25 Feb 2020 05:38 PM Recorded on
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PatB South Coast NatureMapr Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores] Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood Fungi

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

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