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Scutiger (fungus)

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Albatrellaceae

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Rank
  
Scutiger pes-caprae 31566.jpg

Similar
  
Scutiger pes‑caprae, Albatrellaceae, Albatrellus, Albatrellus subrubescens, Albatrellus cristatus

Scutiger is a genus of fungi in the family Albatrellaceae, which includes S. oregonensis, the fungus tuber.

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General characteristics

Species in Scutiger are terrestrial, annual, and usually have simple, bright-colored, mesoporous hymenophores. The surface anoderm is variously decorated; the context is usually white, but rarely colored, and is fleshy to tough—rigid and fragile when dry. The Hymenium is porous, can be white or colored, and has thin-walled tubes; The spores are smooth, or rarely echinulate and hyaline.

The surface of the pileus can be uneven, squamous, or rugose as in S. oregonensis or S. decurrens; or smooth and hispid-tomentose, as in S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus, which was named for this quality.

Species list

  • S. auriscalpium
  • S. brasiliensis
  • S. caeruleoporus
  • S. cryptopus
  • S. decurrens
  • S. ellisii (synonymous with Albatrellus ellisii or greening goat's foot)
  • S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus)
  • S. holocyaneus
  • S. oregonensis
  • S. subrubescens
  • S. subsquamosus
  • S. tuberosus
  • References

    Scutiger (fungus) Wikipedia