Skyttella
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]
| Skyttella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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S. mulleri | |
References
- Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
- Hawksworth, D.L.; Santesson, R. (1988). "Skyttella, a new genus for Phacopsis mulleri Willey (syn. Agyrium flavescens Rehm)". Graphis Scripta. 2: 33–37.
- Etayo, J. (2017). Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador (PDF). Opera Lilloana (in Spanish). 50. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. p. 419.
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