Scutiger (fungus)

Not to be confused with Scutiger (frog).

Scutiger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Albatrellaceae
Genus:	Scutiger Paulet (1808)
Species
S. auriscalpium S. brasiliensis S. caeruleoporus S. cryptopus S. decurrens S. ellisii S. holocyaneus S. oregonensis S. subrubescens S. subsquamosus S. tuberosus

Scutiger is a genus of fungi in the family Albatrellaceae, ^[1] which includes S. oregonensis , the fungus tuber. ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

Species list

• S. auriscalpium
• S. brasiliensis
• S. caeruleoporus
• S. cryptopus
• S. decurrens
• S. ellisii (synonymous with Albatrellus ellisii or greening goat's foot ^[6] )
• S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus )
• S. holocyaneus
• S. oregonensis
• S. subrubescens
• S. subsquamosus
• S. tuberosus

References

1. Scutiger from zipcodezoo.com
2. S. oregonensis at the Catalogue of Life, 2007
3. Paulet, Traité Champ., Atlas 2: 122 (1793)
4. Murrill, William A. (1915). Western Polypores. The Author. p.  15. western polypores.
5. S. hispidellus at GBIF
6. [Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi . Ten Speed Press. p.  560. ISBN   978-0-89815-169-5.