Piptoporus maculatissimus

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Common Name: Austral Dryad's Saddle

Piptoporus maculatissimus forms medium to large brackets on logs and tree trunks in subalpine situations. The mature pores are yellow but paler when young. The upper surfaces of the brackets darken with age. The species causes a brown heart-rot in living trees.

Field Guide to Australian Fungi B.A. Fuhrer
Reprinted by permission.

Distribution map

Map based on Fungimap records to March 2000

Last modified on 28 May 2001

Maintained by Mike McBain