''Scutiger'' (fungus)

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. p. 15.
  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.


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