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Scarlet Bracket

Pycnoporus coccineus

Description:

A very bright reddish orange fungi growing on old dry wood. Orange scarlet, fan shaped, firm bracket attaching along the straight edge to wood. Size is very variable. Juvenile fruit-bodies are a lovely scarlet colour; the underside is a deeper colour and consists of fine pores.

Habitat:

Sandy coastal scrub/forest, with many melaleuca and banksia trees.

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Scarlet Bracket
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3 Comments

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

It's gorgeous !

pamsai
pamsai 9 years ago

thanks Charlie. You hit that right on the head, I'd say. Well done. Rather beautiful, isn't it!

CharliePrice
CharliePrice 9 years ago

Some extra information http://qldfungi.org.au/resources-2/garde...
No mistaking that vivid red undersurface :)

pamsai
Spotted by
pamsai

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Sep 9, 2014
Submitted on Sep 26, 2014

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