About Scutiger pes-caprae (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer
Scutiger pes-caprae (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer has a brownish cap that is 6–20 centimetres (2+1⁄2–8 inches) wide. The cap typically has a convex kidney shape, is sometimes lobed, and becomes flatter as the fungus ages. It has 1–2 whitish pores per millimetre, which may discolor to pink or greenish. Its usually decurrent tubes grow up to 5 mm long. The stem measures 2.5–8 cm (1–3+1⁄4 inches) long and 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 inches) thick; it is usually larger at the base, where multiple individual mushrooms may grow conjoined together. The flesh is 5–20 millimetres (1⁄4–3⁄4 inches) thick, whitish, and slowly turns pinkish when bruised. It has a mild taste, and produces a whitish spore print. This fungus is found in western North America, growing under conifers and on rotting wood from August to February. It is somewhat more common in the southern part of this range than Albatrellus ellisii. According to reports, the caps of young European specimens of this species are edible after thorough cooking, but have a chewy texture.
