Scutiger (fungus)
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| Genus: | Scutiger Paulet (1808)
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Scutiger is a genus of fungi in the family Albatrellaceae,[1] which includes , 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 , which was named for this quality.[5]
Species list[]
- (synonymous with or greening goat's foot[6])
- (synonymous with )
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.
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