Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Cryptoporus |
Species: | C. volvatus
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Binomial name | |
Cryptoporus volvatus | |
Synonyms | |
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Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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![]() | Pores on hymenium |
![]() | No distinct cap |
![]() | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
![]() | Lacks a stipe |
![]() | Spore print is pink |
![]() ![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic |
![]() | Edibility is too hard to eat |
Cryptoporus volvatus, commonly known as the veiled polypore or cryptic globe fungus, [1] is a polypore fungus that decomposes the rotting sapwood of conifers. It is an after effect of attack by the pine bark beetle. [2] The fungus was originally described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1875 as Polyporus volvatus. [3] Cornelius Lott Shear transferred it to the genus Cryptoporus in 1902. [4] The species is inedible. [5]
The fruiting body is 2–6 across, and cream or tan in color. [6] A hole is either torn by insects or a tear appears on the underside. [6] The spores are pinkish. [6]