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Veiled Polypore (Cryptoporus volvatus)

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Cryptoporus volvatus
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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)
Synonyms
  • Cryptoporus volvatus var. pleurostoma (Pat.) Sacc.
  • Cryptoporus volvatus var. torreyi (W.R.Gerard) Shear
  • Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear
  • Fomes volvatus (Peck) Cooke
  • Fomes volvatus var. pleurostoma (Pat.) Sacc. & Traverso
  • Fomes volvatus var. torreyi (W.R.Gerard) Sacc.
  • Polyporus volvatus Peck
  • Polyporus volvatus W.R.Gerard
  • Scindalma volvatum (Peck) Kuntze
  • Ungulina volvata (Peck) Pat.
  • Ungulina volvata var. pleurostoma Pat.
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 fruiting body is 1.5–8.5 centimetres (123+14 in) across[1][5] and cream or tan in color.[6] It is hollow inside[1] and a hole is either torn by insects or a tear appears on the underside.[6] There are 3–4 whitish pores per millimetre, hidden by the veil-like margin.[1] The spores are pinkish.[6]

Some insects lay their larvae inside the fruiting body.[1] Due to its toughness, it is inedible.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 585. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
  6. ^ a b c 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.
  7. ^ 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.