Other non-black fungi


 

As the heading suggests, this subgroup holds a mixed-bag of on-wood leftovers. A few examples of what you find in this subgroup are:

 

Some polypores. Mostly these would be the flat or sheet-like polypores (technically resupinate polypores), commonly found on the lower surfaces of dead or live wood. There are also a few species that produce pendant fruitbodies (and most likely to be seen in the Canberra Nature Map area are the rusty-brown Coltriciella fruitbodies on the underside of rotting wood).

 

Corticioid fungi. Mostly these occur on the underside of dead wood lying on the ground, though a few are found on live wood. Mostly the fruitbody is fairly thin (often like a coat of paint or a skin on the wood) and many have featureless surfaces, so it is understandable to see them sometimes called paint fungi. However, the surface may be rough (e.g. warted, toothed, densely wrinkled), though the roughness is usually under a millimetre in depth. Furthermore, fruitbodies range from a thin and almost invisible wash to densely cobwebby to leathery in texture.

 

Septobasidium. The fruitbodies in this genus are brown, velvety patches that appear on branches of live plants. Though the fruitbodies appear on wood, the fungi parasitize scale insects and under a velvety Septobasidium patch you will find scale insects.  

 


Other non-black fungi

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Teresa wrote:
5 hrs ago
Corticioid fungi

Unverified Other non-black fungi
TimL wrote:
Yesterday
@Heinol Thanks for your interest, time and effort taken in identifying this fungus. Tim

Hyphodontia arguta
Heinol wrote:
Yesterday
This is the first record of Hyphodontia arguta for the ACT. Given that it is here I am curious to see if any specimens of this species are present in the herbarium’s unidentified ACT Hyphodontia collections. I am able to identify this sighting only because I have examined a small piece of the fungus shown here and (for the corticioidally minded) note that I found: lagenocystidia and capitate cystidia abundant (the latter sometimes more like hyphae with swollen apices); clamps present; spores smooth, thin-walled, approx 6 x 4 micrometres; no reaction in Melzer’s reagent.

Hyphodontia arguta
TimL wrote:
22 Jun 2025
@Heinol Do I need a permit to take a small specimen if I happen to see this particular fungus again? If it's ok to take a small specimen, what should it include and how stored? In a zip lock bag?

Hyphodontia arguta
Heinol wrote:
18 Jun 2025
Probably a crustose lichen

zz flat polypore - white(ish)
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