Genus Cryptoporus
[veiled polypore]
This is an odd type of polypore with a covering under the pore layer. Two species have been described.
- Cryptoporus sinensis, China; has smaller basidiospores (7.5–10 x 4–5 μm).
- Cryptoporus volvatus, North America and East Asia.
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Cryptoporus , Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 29: 450 (1902). Type: Polyporus volvatus Peck, Ann. Rep. N.Y. St. Mus. nat. Hist. 27: 98 (1875) [1874].
- ≡ Basionym: Polyporus section Cryptoporus , Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 7 (10): 104 (1880)
- Taxonomy
- Cryptoporus is in a large clade with Perenniporia, Ganoderma and other genera. Jülich (1981) created the family Cryptoporaceae for this genus.
- Description links
- Wikipedia
- Related links
- Sheng H. Wu & M. Zang. 2000. Cryptoporus sinensis sp. nov., a new polypore found in China. Mycotaxon 74(2): 415-422. [available here Mycotaxon Vol. 74.]
- Taxon links
- 17416 Cryptoporus
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum