Cryptoporus
| Cryptoporus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Cryptoporus volvatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptoporus (Peck) Shear (1902) |
| Type species | |
| Cryptoporus volvatus (Peck) Shear (1902) | |
| Species | |
|
C. sinensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polyporus sect. Cryptoporus Peck (1880) | |
Cryptoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Originally described as a section of Polyporus by Charles Horton Peck in 1902,[1] Cornelius Lott Shear made it a distinct genus in 1902.[2] Cryptoporus contains two species, C. sinensis and the type C. volvatus, found in southeast Asia and North America, respectively.[3]
References
- ↑ Peck CH. (1880). "Polyporus volvatus Peck, and its varieties". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 7 (10): 102–5.
- ↑ Shear CL. (1902). "Mycological notes and new species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 29: 449–57.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
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