The fungus was originally described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1875 as Polyporus volvatus. Cornelius Lott Shear transferred it to the genus Cryptoporus in 1902.
The fungus was initially described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1875 as Polyporus volvatus. Later, it was reclassified into the Cryptoporus genus by Cornelius Lott Shear in 1902.