Fungi
Caps on stems; pores below caps [boletes & stemmed polypores]
Polypores - Non-fleshy texture, stems central or lateral
Sighting 4354134

Lentinus arcularius

Fringed Polypore at Black Range, NSW

Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
Lentinus arcularius at Black Range, NSW - 30 Oct 2020
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Identification history

Lentinus arcularius 31 Oct 2020 Pam
Lentinus arcularius 31 Oct 2020 Pam
Polypore sp. 30 Oct 2020 StephH

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User's notes

Growing in burnt wood. The largest was about 40 mm across the cap.

1 comment

Pam wrote:
   31 Oct 2020
These little 'polypores' have distinctive 'coffin' shaped pores and usually a cap fringed with tiny hairs. They often seem to be one of the earlier fungi to appear after rain and I think of them as the heralds of fungi to come and that the season is about to start!

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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
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