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Skeletocutis niveicolor

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Skeletocutis niveicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Incrustoporiaceae
Genus: Skeletocutis
Species:
S. niveicolor
Binomial name
Skeletocutis niveicolor
(Murrill) Ryvarden (1985)
Synonyms[1]
  • Poria niveicolor Murrill (1920)

Skeletocutis niveicolor is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described in 1920 by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill as Poria niveicolor. The type was collected on well-rotted wood found in Cockpit Country, Jamaica in 1909.[2] Leif Ryvarden transferred it to the genus Skeletocutis in 1985. He noted that it was readily distinguished from other Skeletocutis species by its small spores, which measure 2.5–3.1 by 1.5–2 μm.[3] In addition to Jamaica, the fungus has been also reported from Argentina[4] and Costa Rica.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy:Skeletocutis niveicolor (Murrill) Ryvarden". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  2. ^ Murrill, W.A. (1920). "Light-colored resupinate polypores. I". Mycologia. 12 (2): 77–92. doi:10.1080/00275514.1920.12016821.
  3. ^ Ryvarden, Leif (1985). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae 17. Species described by W.A. Murrill". Mycotaxon. 23: 169–198.
  4. ^ Wright, Jorge E.; Wright, Alicia M. (2005). "Checklist of the Mycobiota of Iguazú National Park (Misiones, Argentina)". Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica. 40 (1–2). Open access icon
  5. ^ Carranza Velázquez, Julieta; Ruiz-Boyer, Armando (2005). "Checklist of polypores of Costa Rica". Revista Mexicana de Micología. 20: 45–52. Open access icon