Scutiger is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of fungi in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

  Albatrellaceae

Albatrellaceae

The Albatrellaceae are a family of fungi in the Polyporales order. The family contains 7 genera and 45 species.-Description:Species in the family produce fruit bodies which have typical mushroom morphology, with caps and stems.-Genera and species:...

, which includes S. oregonensis, the fungus tuber.

General Characteristics

The scutiger genus are terrestrial

Terrestrial plant

A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....

, annual

Annual plant

An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...

, and usually have simple, bright-colored, mesoporous

Mesoporous material

A mesoporous material is a material containing pores with diameters between 2 and 50 nm.Porous materials are classified into several kinds by their size...

 hymenophore

Hymenophore

A hymenophore refers to the hymenium-bearing structure of a fungal fruiting body. Hymenophores can be smooth surfaces, lamellae, folds, tubes, or teeth....

s. The surface anoderm is variously decorated; the context

Trama (mycology)

In mycology trama is a term for the inner, fleshy portion of a mushroom's basidiocarp, or fruit body. It is distinct from the outer layer of tissue, known as the pileipellis or cuticle, and from the spore-bearing tissue layer known as the hymenium....

 is usually white, but rarely colored, and is fleshy to tough—rigid and fragile when dry. The Hymenium

Hymenium

The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia or...

 is porous, can be white or colored, and has thin-walled tubes; The spores are smooth, or rarely echinulate

Echinulate

Echinulate is an adjective describing the spiny, or "spiky" nature of some spores found in plants and fungi; an example is the auxiliary cell. The words derives from the same root as the prefix echino, meaning that the shape is similar to the porcupine ....

 and hyaline

Hyaline

The term hyaline denotes a substance with a glass-like appearance.-Histopathology:In histopathological medical usage, a hyaline substance appears glassy and pink after being stained with haematoxylin and eosin — usually it is an acellular, proteinaceous material...

.

The surface of the pileus

Pileus (mycology)

The pileus is the technical name for the cap, or cap-like part, of a basidiocarp or ascocarp that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium. The hymenium may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside of the pileus...

 can be uneven, squamous, or rugose

Rugose

Rugose means "wrinkled". It may refer to:*Idiosoma nigrum, more commonly, a black rugose trapdoor spider*Rugosa, an extinct order of coral, whose rugose shape earned it the name...

 as in S. oregonensis or S. decurrens; or smooth and hispid

Trichome

Trichomes are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants and certain protists. These are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae.- Algal trichomes :...

-tomentose

Tomentose

Tomentose is a term used to describe plant hairs that are flattened and matted, forming a woolly coating known as tomentum. Often the hairs are silver or gray-colored...

, as in S. hispidellus (synonymatic with J. hirtus

Jahnoporus

Jahnoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Albatrellaceae. There are two species in the genus, which have a widespread distribution in northern temperate regions. The type species, J. hirtus, was transferred to this genus in 1980; it was formerly known as Piptoporus hirtus.-External links:* at...

, which was named for this quality.

Species list

• S. auriscalpium
• S. brasiliensis
• S. caeruleoporus
• S. cryptopus
• S. decurrens
• S. ellisii (synonymous with Albatrellus ellisiior greening goat's foot)
• S. hispidellus (synonymous with Jahnoporus hirtus)
• S. holocyaneus
• S. oregonensis
• S. subrubescens
• S. subsquamosus
• S. tuberosus