Skeletocutis alutacea

Skeletocutis alutacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus:	Skeletocutis
Species:	S. alutacea
Binomial name
Skeletocutis alutacea (J.Lowe) Jean Keller (1979)
Synonyms [1]
Poria alutaceaJ.Lowe (1946) Fibuloporia alutacea(J.Lowe) M.P.Christ. (1960) [2] Incrustoporia alutacea(J.Lowe) D.A.Reid (1969) [3] Fibroporia alutacea(J.Lowe) Bondartseva (1972) [4]

Skeletocutis alutacea is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science in 1946 by American mycologist Josiah Lincoln Lowe as Poria alutacea. ^[5] Jean Keller transferred it to the genus Skeletocutis in 1979. ^[6] It is found in the United States and Canada, in Europe, and New Zealand, where it causes a white rot in various woody substrates. ^[7]

The basidia of S. alutacea are club-shaped, measuring 9–12 by 4–5  μm. Its spores are hyaline, smooth, cylindrical, straight to slightly curved, and measure 2.5–3.5 by 1–1.5 μm. ^[7]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Skeletocutis alutacea (J. Lowe) Jean Keller". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
2. Christiansen, M.P. (1960). "Danish resupinate fungi. Part II. Homobasidiomycetes". Dansk Botanisk Arkiv. 19 (2): 57–388 (see p. 339).
3. Reid, D.A. (1969). "Spring fungi in Corsica". Revue de Mycologie. 33: 232–267.
4. Bondartseva, M.A. (1972). "Ad systema generis Fibuloporia Bond. et Sing". Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii (in Russian). 9: 132–136.
5. Overholts, L.O.; Lowe, J.L. (1946). "New species of Poria" . Mycologia. 38 (2): 202–212. doi:10.2307/3755061. JSTOR   3755061.
6. Keller, J. (1978). "Ultrastructure des hyphes incrustées dans le genre Skeletocutis" (PDF). Persoonia (in French). 10 (3): 347–355.
7. Lowe, J. (1966). Polyporaceae of North America. The genus Poria. Technical Publication of the State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Vol. 90. p. 92.