Cryptoporus volvatus

Cryptoporus volvatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Subclass:	Agaricomycetidae
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Cryptoporus
Species:	C. volvatus
Binomial name
Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear
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 is a polypore fungus that decomposes the rotting sapwood of conifers. It is an after effect of the pine bark beetle bug attack. Also known as the "Grey-Brown Sap Rot" mushroom.

External links

• Cryptoporus volvatus in Index Fungorum.

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