Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Scutiger caeruleoporus (Peck) Murrill, Bull. Torrey
Club 30: 429. 1903.
Polyporus caeruleoporus Peck, Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Mus. 26 : 68. 1874.
Pilei gregarious or cespitose ; pileus broadly convex, circular in outline, 2.5-5X0.7-1 cm.; surface subtomentose, hygrophanous when fresh, isabelline to fulvous : context fleshy, fragile, white, becoming yellowish-white when dry ; tubes decurrent, short, 2i-$ mm. long, grayish-blue when fresh, becoming latericeous within in dried specimens, mouths angular, irregular, 2-3 to a mm., edges thin, uneven, toothed, grayish-blue when fresh, becoming bay in dried specimens : spores not examined : stipe central or excentric, solid, concolorous or tinged with the color of the pores, 4-5 cm. long, about 5 mm. thick.
Type locality : New York. Habitat : On the ground in woods. Distribution : Vermont and New York.
- bibliographic citation
- William Alphonso MurrilI, Gertrude Simmons BurIingham, Leigh H Pennington, John Hendly Barnhart. 1907-1916. (AGARICALES); POLYPORACEAE-AGARICACEAE. North American flora. vol 9. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
