| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear (1902) | |
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Cryptoporus volvatus Mycological characteristics | |
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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, is a polypore fungus that decomposes the rotting sapwood of conifers. It is an after effect of attack by the pine bark beetle. The fungus was originally described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1875 as Polyporus volvatus. Cornelius Lott Shear transferred it to the genus Cryptoporus in 1902. The species is inedible.
The fruiting body is 2–6 across, and cream or tan in color. A hole is either torn by insects or a tear appears on the underside. The spores are pinkish.
References
- Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- Davis, R.M.; Sommer, R.; Menge, J.A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-520-27108-1.
- Peck, C.H. (1875). "Report of the Botanist (1873)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 27: 73–116 (see p. 98).
- Shear, C.L. (1902). "Mycological notes and new species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 29 (7): 449–457. doi:10.2307/2478544. JSTOR 2478544.
- Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuides. p. 427. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
- ^ Davis, R. Michael; Sommer, Robert; Menge, John A. (2012). Field Guide to Mushrooms of Western North America. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 341. ISBN 978-0-520-95360-4. OCLC 797915861.
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| Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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