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One of the most exquisite fungi I have seen in a long time, the colour of this beautifully banded polypore seemed to change with the light. Even though it was hard, from a distance it looked like soft, rainbow-coloured marshmallow. No larger than a small chicken egg. Only one specimen found growing on a dead tree trunk. 'Guttation droplets' are visible on the pores, and this term I learned from fellow PN member Jae. I thought they were just water marks.
Subtropical rainforest on the Box Forest Track, high in the Great Dividing Range at Cunninghams Gap. Moist undergrowth, although this spotting was in a small clearing and exposed to direct sunlight. Here's some park info - http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/main-r...
Spotted on Oct 16, 2014
Submitted on Oct 21, 2014
6 Comments
Thanks very much, Charlie. I'll certainly look into that.
Could possibly be Perenniporia ochroleuca ..just looking through a field guide...the cream undersurface composed of small spores...but just a suggestion not 100%
http://mushroomobserver.org/name/show_na...
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P...
I reckon it is too, Ashley. It would make an awesome pet. Ahhhh... no more kitty litter ;-)
How cool!
Thanks, Jae. The surface was hard, but I didn't notice the droplets until I started cropping the photo and thought they were just water marks caused by rain. I wonder if these droplets are moist or sticky? I didn't know they were called "guttation" droplets until now. Cheers for that :-)
Nice one, Neil, especially the shot of the pores with guttation droplets.