Skyttea | |
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Skyttea pertusariicola growing on a Pertusaria lichen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Cyttariales |
Family: | Cordieritidaceae |
Genus: | Skyttea Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins (1981) |
Type species | |
Skyttea nitschkei (Körb.) Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins (1981) | |
Species | |
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Skyttea is a genus of lichenicolous (lichen-dwelling) fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1981 by lichenologists Martha Allen Sherwood, David L. Hawksworth, and Brian J. Coppins, with Skyttea nitschkei assigned as the type species. [2]
The genus name Skyttea honours Mogens Skytte Christiansen (1918–1996), a Danish botanist (interested in microbiology, mycology and lichenology), and also a botanical illustrator. [3]
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