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Blackfoot polypore
Royoporus badius
-37.8857, 145.356
Field Notes
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/21680076
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PublishedApril 17, 2013
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