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Pink velvet bracket (Fomitopsis lilacinogilva)
Velvety brackets up to 150mm wide growing from a very old eucalyptus branch lying in grasses and other leaf and bark debris.
The distinct pink colour exists throughout but particularly at the velvety growing margins. Even the pore surface had a strong tint of pink.
Found in a local nature reserve.
A Gondwanan favourite, this is the most colorful specimen I have found. It seems people have had some difficulty with it's taxonomy over the years. Here are some of the synonyms...
Polyporus lilacinogilvus
Trametes eucalypti
Polystictus lilacinogilvus
Microporus lilacinogilvus
Polyporus cupreoroseus
Trametes lilacinogilva
Trametes rosea
Trametes stowardii
Trametes griseolilacina
Fomes carneus
''Fomitopsis lilacinogilva'', commonly known as the lilac shelf fungus, is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. First described in 1839 by Miles Joseph Berkeley as ''Polyporus lilacinogilvus'', it was shuffled to several genera before being placed in ''Fomitopsis'' in 1975.
The fungus produces shelf-like fruit bodies, usually 3–10 cm in diameter, attached directly to the substrate without a stipe. The caps have concentrically ridged surfaces, and are brown with.. more
