
Veiled polypore fungi show as yellow, leathery fruiting bodies on the bark of dead red pine trees. / Photo Credit: Linda Williams, Wisconsin DNR
By Linda Williams, Forest Health Specialist
Linda.Williams@wisconsin.gov or 920-360-0665
You may have seen these leathery, yellow fungi growing on recently dead red pine trees and wondered if they were what killed the tree. The short answer: No, they did not kill the tree.
The veiled polypore (Cryptoporus volvatus) is a decay fungus that grows on the bark of red pine in the year after they die. They can be found anywhere on the trunk of the tree.
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