Scutiger (fungus)
# 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
