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Rigidoporus laetus
Small brackets about 50mm wide growing from the wet base of a very large eucalyptus tree.
Eucalyptus rainforest national park.
Compare with this a year ago http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/250...
and a year before that
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/885839ae-b...
family: Meripilaceae
genus: Rigidoporus
Spotted on Apr 20, 2014
Submitted on Apr 20, 2014
15 Comments
Thanks again Michel. I should kick myself for not remembering previous ones.
I think you're right, Mark! Both about the Inonotus and the correct species, named Rigidoporus laetus!
At last I think I have it. Please let me know if you don't like this ID. Thanks again everyone.
A couple of things with Inonotus - we don't have many sp. in Australia and they always seem to be rough or furry where (both) these had a smooth or rubbery touch all over. I'll keep digging around - if it wasn't in a national park I would take a sample and get it checked. Thanks again.
You're very welcome, Mark. And, it's true about the grey pores and the flash, I see that now. The brackets you've found last year and this one could indeed be the same species, at least the same genus. I'm still thinking Inonotus, but I'm not so sure about I. hispidus.
..I'm not sure about the grey pores. My flash can cause weirdness sometimes.
Thanks for the input MM. Did you see this one in the same area a year ago? http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/250...
Definitely not a Laetiporus, because of the grey pores. Maybe you could try Inonotus hispidus? Here's my spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/128...
I've found some info here: http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/inonot...
But ofcourse it could also be some other Inonotus species! It kinda looks like Phaeolus schweinitzii too, but that species is a parasite of conifers.
I have no idea really. That bright yellow growing tip does resemble Laetiporus, but the pore surface seems off for that.
Thanks RL.. I've seen it twice now and still no closer to an ID. Any suggestions?
I don't think it's a Laetiporus species.
Yep. Oh fungi! Not grossed out at all. If anything, I'm the gross one. I just want to touch it.
If it is L sulphureus then it's amazing enough that it's here, and on eucalyptus, AND a worry because it is a heart-rot species (kills the tree). Still not happy with this - for one the pore surface in the USA is always slightly yellow and these are white... oh fungi !! here we go again.... and yes I thought I would show some grossness VFT :-)
Cool spotting, Mark. Do you think this may be a parasitic fungi species? Excellent photos of this amazing find.
gross