Laetiporus portentosus

2 White Punk at West Wodonga, VIC

Laetiporus portentosus at West Wodonga, VIC - 27 Jul 2019
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Identification history

Laetiporus portentosus 21 Feb 2021 MichaelBedingfield
Laetiporus portentosus 21 Feb 2021 MichaelBedingfield
Unidentified 11 Aug 2020 Michelleco

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2 comments

WingsToWander wrote:
   7 Feb 2021
I am confident that this is Laetiporus portentosus, albeit a very old and dried out specimen. At current Nature Mapr does not have the ability for me to assign that ID.
jks wrote:
   21 Feb 2021
Hi WingsToWander - can you please try again? Apologies for this, there was an bug in the fungi taxonomy. Thanks - jksmits(admin)

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  • Laetiporus portentosus Scientific name
  • White Punk Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 995m 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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