Lentinus arcularius

Fringed Polypore at Black Range, NSW

Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 16 Oct 2020 03:30 PM
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 16 Oct 2020 03:30 PM
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 16 Oct 2020 03:30 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Lentinus arcularius 16 Oct 2020 Pam
Lentinus arcularius 16 Oct 2020 Pam
Agarics 16 Oct 2020 StephH

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Looks a bit like an agaric but has pore-like gills. Caps about 40 mm across.

3 comments

Pam wrote:
   16 Oct 2020
This little 'polypore' used to be known as Polyporus arcularius and like so many plants and fungi taxonomic work has resulted in a name change! This is a distinctive little polypore, for if you look at the pores they are of an angular composition sometimes referred to as 'coffin shaped' that are pale often creamish in colour. The cap is usually indented in the centre and covered in fine flattened scales usually a pale brownish/greyish in colour. They often have a row of fine hairs radiating out from the edge of the cap.
I have often found they are one of the first fungi I see after winter. An early herald for the season ahead. Well let's hope anyway. Lovely clear image of the cap surface.
StephH wrote:
   16 Oct 2020
Thanks Pam. I noticed the unusual shape of the pores. Hope I see a lot of them, and other fungi, this year.
Pam wrote:
   17 Oct 2020
So do I!! :)

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Species information

  • Lentinus arcularius Scientific name
  • Fringed Polypore Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1267m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • Synonyms

    Polyporus arcularius
1,908,116 sightings of 21,397 species from 13,197 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.