Scutiger pes-caprae (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer 1941

Phylum: Basidiomycota
(7339)
Class: Agaricomycetes
(7229)
Subclass: Agaricomycetideae
(7229)

Order: Russulales
(808)
Family: Albatrellaceae
(10)
Genus: Scutiger
(1)

Name: Goats Foot
Scientific name: Scutiger pes-caprae (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer 1941
Synonyms: Species Fungorum 13.09.2016:
Albatrellopsis pes-caprae (Pers.) Teixeira 1994
Albatrellus pes-caprae (Pers.) Pouzar 1966
Boletus pes-caprae (Pers.) Cordier 1826
Caloporus pes-caprae (Pers.) Pilát 1931
Cerioporus inflexus Schulzer ex Quél. 1888
Fomes oregonensis (Murrill) Sacc. & Traverso 1910
Fungus sapatella Paulet 1793
Fungus tuber Paulet 1793
Polypilus pes-caprae (Pers.) Teixeira 1992
Polyporus oregonensis (Murrill) Murrill 1912
Polyporus pes-caprae Pers. 1818
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  Habit of Growth: Mycorrhiza
Protection: Mushroom is not protected
Trees: Fagus (Beech)d0d0d0d0d0 , Pinus (Pine)

Cap: 5-12 cm across, fleshy, irregularly rounded, convex to umbonate, upper surface is finely squamose, red to black brown, margin is lobed, undulating incised, sharp and concolorous with the cups.
Hymenophore: coarse pored, creamy to yellowish, pores are somtimes decurrent, often spotting, if handled yellowish, irregularly angular rounded.
Spore print: white-hyaline
Spore: broadly eliptic, with drops, 8,5-12 x 7-8 μm
Stem: 3-6 x 1,5-3 cm, usually eccentric, more rarely lateral, cylindrical to clavate bulbous, finely squamose, yellow to orange brown, solid.
Flesh: fragile, soft, whitish, odor is pleasant, taste is mild, nutlike.
Habitat: solitary or concrescent to form groups on soil in montane tu subalpine conifer forests or mixed conifer hardwood forests, grows from summer to fall.
Edibility: inedible