| Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptoporus |
| Species: | C. volvatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptoporus volvatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Cryptoporus volvatus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | 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 (1⁄2–3+1⁄4 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]
