Fungi
Shelf-like to hoof-like & usually on wood
Pored or somewhat maze-like on underside [bracket polypores]
Sighting 4252214

Polypore sp.

Yowrie, NSW

Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
Polypore sp. at Yowrie, NSW - 8 Mar 2020
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Identification history

Polypore sp. 15 Mar 2020 Pam
Unidentified 8 Mar 2020 riversend

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Found growing on South-facing underside of a fallen eucalypt.

6 comments

Pam wrote:
   15 Mar 2020
Looks interesting. Do you have any images of the underside of the fungus, or remember if it had gills or pores and the colour please?
riversend wrote:
   15 Mar 2020
While I can't positively confirm this through photo evidence, to my best recollection this was really just the same shape and white underneath. Blood-red freckles on a white lump: shape not deviating from what is pictured. The red and orange marks did not seem to be from an external source to my perspective.

I'll try and dig through the RAW files, see if I took additional images, and get back to you here if I can add anything useful.
riversend wrote:
   15 Mar 2020
OK... so, no extra photos but I added a couple of zoomed images from RAW to illustrate what I think were the pores. There were no other noticeable features as far as I know, and the whole thing was around 50mm length to give a sense of scale.
Pam wrote:
   16 Mar 2020
Most unusual - you have me baffled as I've not seen anything quite like this before!! I will put it under the broad heading of 'Polypore'. Sorry I can't give you a more definite identification. If you see it again please try and get some more images so we might be able to come to a more definite identification
riversend wrote:
   18 Mar 2020
Oh cool! I will definitely have a go at finding the exact site again and if so I will privately forward some more precise coordinates, while taking some more thorough photos with a ruler or other item for scale.
Pam wrote:
   18 Mar 2020
Thank you.

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Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 8 Mar 2020 12:00 AM Recorded on
  • riversend Recorded by

Species information

  • Polypore sp. Scientific name
  • Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 655.53m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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