| Scutiger | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Russulales | 
| Family: | Albatrellaceae | 
| Genus: | Scutiger Paulet (1808)  | 
| Species | |
| 
 S. auriscalpium  | |
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
- ↑ Scutiger from zipcodezoo.com
 - ↑ S. oregonensis at the Catalogue of Life, 2007
 - ↑ Paulet, Traité Champ., Atlas 2: 122 (1793)
 - ↑  Murrill, William A. (1915). Western Polypores. The Author. p. 15. 
western polypores.
 - ↑ S. hispidellus at GBIF
 - ↑ [Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi. Ten Speed Press. p. 560. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
 
