Cryptoporus volvatus
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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]
Quick Facts Cryptoporus volvatus, Scientific classification ...
Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Cryptoporus |
Species: | C. volvatus |
Binomial name | |
Cryptoporus volvatus | |
Synonyms | |
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Quick Facts Cryptoporus volvatusMycological characteristics ...
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 |
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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]