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Irridescent orange crust fungus

Ceriporia spissa

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

An incredibly bright orange crust fungus covering about 400mm of a damp, mossy log.

Habitat:

Very dark and wet area of a eucalyptus dominated rain forest gully.

Notes:

Thanks to Dr Roger Speer for suggesting C.spissa <br> https://bie.ala.org.au/species/753d91e1-3309-44af-b96b-f79baefc7040#ove…

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)

Not yet Denise. I'm still reading what I can find about crust fungi. It's amazing how little has been done on them and how many colours I have found so far. And then there's the issue of Aus having a different set of wildlife to the rest of the world. I have to accept that I might not get and full ID for much of the fungi here. You're so right about the pics not doing it justice too. Thanks.
Interesting. I bet the pics don't do it justice. Any idea what it is?

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