World's third Cryptoporus species found in Qinling Mountains

A research team from the Shaanxi University of Technology has collected and identified a new species of the macrofungal genus Cryptoporus from the Qinling Mountains in northwestern China, according to a study published by Phytotaxa on Nov 21. It is the world's third known species of Cryptoporusare.

The study was a collective work by the School of Biological Science and Engineering of the Shaanxi University of Technology. With the joint efforts of Professor Xie Xiuchao, Wang Yong, and Song Yu, the specimens were confirmed as a new species and formally named C. qinlingensis sp. nov. based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence.