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Veiled Polypore

Cryptoporus volvatus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 339, February 294, March 306, April 379, May 651, June 672, July 526, August 302, September 300, October 307, November 394, December 304.
United States8,730
California5,991
Canada2,813
British Columbia1,736
Oregon1,171
Washington1,030
Ontario848
Nevada662
New York471
Utah328

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Shelf fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are commonly shelf or bracket fungi.Inferred from its group
  • Grows on woodDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly grow on wood.Inferred from its group
  • Saprotrophic fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly decompose dead organic matter.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
OrderShelf Fungi · Polyporales
FamilyBracket Fungi · Polyporaceae
GenusCryptoporus

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