Scutiger (fungus)

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

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