Cryptoporus volvatus

Cryptoporus volvatus
Scientific classification
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 volvatusPeck Polyporus volvatusW.R.Gerard Scindalma volvatum(Peck) Kuntze Ungulina volvata(Peck) Pat. Ungulina volvata var. pleurostomaPat.

Cryptoporus volvatus 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]}

References

1. 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. 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.