Skeletocutis brunneomarginata

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Skeletocutis brunneomarginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Skeletocutis
Species:S. brunneomarginata
Binomial name
Skeletocutis brunneomarginata
Ryvarden (2009)

Skeletocutis brunneomarginata is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found in the United States, it was described as new to science in 2007 by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. He collected the type in Bent Creek Experimental Forest, North Carolina in 2004. The fungus is very similar in appearance to Skeletocutis kühneri , but with a brown margin and subiculum. [1] S. brunneomarginata is one of 14 Skeletocutis species that occurs in North America. [2]

Polypore group of fungi

Polypores are a group of fungi that form fruiting bodies with pores or tubes on the underside. They are a morphological group of basidiomycetes like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi, and not all polypores are closely related to each other. Polypores are also called bracket fungi, and their woody fruiting bodies are called conks.

Polyporaceae family of fungi

The Polyporaceae are a family of poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruit bodies varies from soft to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills or gill-like structures. Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe – for example, Polyporus badius.

A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper. Its purpose is to give a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species which have been described previously or are related. The species description often contains photographs or other illustrations of the type material and states in which museums it has been deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million species have been identified and described, out of some 8.7 million that may actually exist. Millions more have become extinct.

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References

  1. Ryvarden, Leif (2009). "Some new and interesting polypores from United States". Synopsis Fungorum. 26: 24–26.
  2. Zhou, Li-Wei; Nakasone, Karen K.; Burdsall Jr., Harold H.; Ginns, James; Vlasák, Josef; Miettinen, Otto; Spirin, Viacheslav; Niemelä, Tuomo; Yuan, Hai-Sheng; He, Shuang-Hui; Cui, Bao-Kai; Xing, Jia-Hui; Dai, Yu-Cheng (2016). "Polypore diversity in North America with an annotated checklist" (PDF). Mycological Progress. 15 (7): 771–790. doi:10.1007/s11557-016-1207-7.