Hexagonia vesparia (Wasp Nest Polypore)
The fruit body is a bracket-like growth from wood. It has a hard corky to woody texture and may extend 5 or so centimetres out from the wood. It is very thick where it is attached to the wood. On the underside there are large pores of various shapes, some circular but many are polygonal, elongated or curvy.
The upper surface is yellow brown to darker brown. Initially the pores may be creamy or greyish (because of pale crystals that coat the hyphae that are there) but in aged specimens the pores may become yellow brown to brownish.
Found on dead wood or live trees.
Formerly it was known as Osmoporus gunnii.
Hexagonia vesparia is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Albury, Wodonga
Species information
- Hexagonia vesparia Scientific name
- Wasp Nest Polypore Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 835.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Maps
Albury Bill Kennedy Memorial Park Block 402 City Renewal Authority Area Clyde Cameron Reserve Crace Grasslands Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Farrer Ridge Hall Horse Paddocks Hughes Garran Woodland Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Melrose Mount Ainslie Mount Majura Mount Painter Mulligans Flat Namadgi National Park O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Piney Ridge Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Watson Woodlands Wodonga -
Places
Canberra Airport, ACT Hall, ACT Holder, ACT Reid, ACT
