Skyttella

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Skyttella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Cyttariales
Family: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Skyttella
D.Hawksw. & R.Sant. (1988)
Type species
Skyttella mulleri
(Willey) D.Hawksw. & R.Sant. (1988)
Species

S. mulleri
S. stictae

Skyttella is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It contains two species. [1] The genus was circumscribed in 1988 by David Leslie Hawksworth and Rolf Santesson, with Skyttella mulleri assigned as the type species. [2] This species, which parasitizes the lobes of foliose lichens in the genus Peltigera , was previously classified in the genus Phacopsis . Skyttella stictae , an Ecuadorian species that grows on Sticta , was added to the genus in 2017. [3]

The genus name of Skyttella is in honour of Mogens Skytte Christiansen (1918 - 1996), a Danish botanist (interested in Microbiology, Mycology an Lichenology), and also a botanical illustrator. [4]

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References

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  2. Hawksworth, D.L.; Santesson, R. (1988). "Skyttella, a new genus for Phacopsis mulleri Willey (syn. Agyrium flavescens Rehm)". Graphis Scripta. 2: 33–37.
  3. Etayo, J. (2017). Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador (PDF). Opera Lilloana (in Spanish). Vol. 50. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. p. 419.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.