Goat's Foot Polypore
Scutiger pes-caprae (Pers.) Bondartsev & Singer
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Edibility
Edible (per source) Source: Wikipedia: Scutiger pes-caprae
Classification from Wikipedia: Scutiger pes-caprae. Sources can be wrong or incomplete, and people react differently.
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Photos
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Photo: Davide Puddu. CC-BY. Source (inaturalist)
Lookalikes
No lookalikes are recorded for this species yet. That does not mean there are none. Many mushrooms look alike, so never rely on appearance alone.
Season
When this species has been recorded, by month, from open-licensed US and Canada observations. It shows when people report it, not a guarantee it is fruiting.
The highlighted bar is the current month.
View season data as a table
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| January | 4 |
| February | 4 |
| March | 0 |
| April | 0 |
| May | 1 |
| June | 1 |
| July | 7 |
| August | 14 |
| September | 17 |
| October | 12 |
| November | 18 |
| December | 9 |
Where it is found
States and provinces with the most records. Check the foraging rules for the place you plan to visit.
- California 31 records · Foraging rules
- North Carolina 16 records · Foraging rules
- Oregon 14 records · Foraging rules
- Washington 9 records · Foraging rules
- Alabama 6 records · Foraging rules
- New Jersey 3 records · Foraging rules
- British Columbia 2 records · Foraging rules
- Idaho 1 records · Foraging rules
- Georgia 1 records · Foraging rules
- Florida 1 records · Foraging rules
- Pennsylvania 1 records · Foraging rules
- Tennessee 1 records · Foraging rules
- Colorado 1 records · Foraging rules
Identification traits
| Cap shape | convex |
|---|---|
| Underside (gills, pores or teeth) | pores |
| Ecology | saprotrophic |
| Stem features | bare |
Traits vary. Use them to ask better questions of an expert, not to make a final call.
About
Scutiger pes-caprae, commonly known as the goat's foot, is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae. It is distributed in North America and Europe and associated with conifers and rotting wood. The young caps of European specimens are potentially edible.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the original article.
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