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Phellinus wahlbergii
Little puffy brackets emerging from the trunk of a live eucalyptus tree. The tops were a dark woody plates and the pore surface was like brown suede. The velvety pore surface of more mature fruiting bodies extended down the trunk. Pic 3 shows the white exposed pores were the velvet surface had been damaged/eaten.
Spotted in a wet eucalyptus forest.
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Spotted on Apr 28, 2014
Submitted on Apr 29, 2014
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