Blackfoot polypore

Description:

Polypore of about 70mm tall; tan varnished on top; thin; white fine pores under; wobbly narrow dark brown stipe.

Habitat:

On an old dead log in wet tall eucalyptus rain forest.

Notes:

This ID highlights a problem... Wikipedia says it is in Australia and Atlas of Living Australia says it is not recorded here. A very young one. A saprobic species, these cause a white rot of hardwoods and conifers. 'badius' derives from the Latin root badi-, meaning "reddish brown" An interesting comparison to another polypore species in the same immediate area http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/216...