Cryptoporus | |
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Cryptoporus volvatus | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: |
Cryptoporus ( Peck) Shear (1902) |
Type species | |
Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear (1902)
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Cryptoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Originally described as a section of Polyporus by Charles Horton Peck in 1880, [1] Cornelius Lott Shear made it a distinct genus in 1902. [2] Cryptoporus contains two species, C. sinensis and the type C. volvatus, found in southeast Asia and North America, respectively. [3] C. sinensis is morphologically indistinguishable from C. volvatus except for its smaller spores (7.5–10 by 4–5 μm compared to 10–12.5 by 5–6 μm. [4] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words κρυπτός ("hidden") and πόρος ("pore"). [5]