Scutiger (fungus)

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Scutiger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

echinulate and hyaline.[4]

The surface of the

tomentose, as in S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus, which was named for this quality.[5]

Species list

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
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