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Cryptoporus volvatus
Cryptoporus volvatus
Veiled Polypore
Photographer: Ron Wolf

ID: 0000 0000 0208 0869 (2008-02-10)

Copyright © 2008 Ron Wolf

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Feb 9, 2008
  • location   Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Felton. (Santa Cruz County, California, US)
  • family Polyporaceae
  • order Polyporales
  • class Basidiomycetes
  • notes   Although this organism may look like a puffball, it is actually a polypore that develops within a tough veil. This cross-section shows an internal cavity with a ceiling of spore-producing tubes.
  • camera   Canon 40D, 180mm macro, f/25, 0.2 sec.
  • photo category: Fungi - fungi

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FUNGUS
  • common names   Veiled Polypore, Cryptic Globe Fungus (photographer)
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