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Skeletocutis diluta

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Species of fungus

Skeletocutis diluta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Incrustoporiaceae
Genus: Skeletocutis
Species: S. diluta
Binomial name
Skeletocutis diluta
(Rajchenb.) A.David & Rajchenb. (1992)
Synonyms
  • Skeletocutis nivea var. diluta Rajchenb. (1983)

Skeletocutis diluta is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described by Mario Rajchenberg in 1983 as a variety of Skeletocutis nivea. Rajchenberg and Alex David promoted the taxon to independent species status in 1992. The type specimen was collected in Puerto Esperanza, Misiones (Argentina), where it was found growing on Pinus taeda logs in a subtropical forest. It has since been found in Gabon. Skeletocutis diluta has effused-reflexed fruit bodies, meaning they are crust-like with a margin that is extended and bent backwards. It has small allantoid (sausage-shaped) spores measuring 3.1–3.5 by 0.5–0.8 μm. It features a dimitic hyphal system (containing both generative and skeletal hyphae), but the skeletal hyphae dissolve in solution of potassium hydroxide.

References

  1. ^ Rajchenberg, Mario (1983). "New South American resupinate polypores". Mycotaxon. 16: 500–506.
  2. ^ David, Alix; Rajchenberg, Mario (1992). "West African polypores: new species and combinations". Mycotaxon. 45: 131–148.
Taxon identifiers
Skeletocutis diluta
Skeletocutis nivea var. diluta


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