Skeletocutis chrysella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Skeletocutis
Species:
S. chrysella
Binomial name
Skeletocutis chrysella
Niemelä (1998)

Skeletocutis chrysella is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found primarily in Northern Europe, it has a boreal distribution, and has also been collected in East Karelia, Yakutia, and North America. It is classified as a vulnerable species on the Norwegian Red list, where it is considered to be declining.[1]

The fungus was described as new to science in 1998 by mycologist Tuomo Niemelä. The type collection made in Finland, where it was found growing on a dead fruit body of Phellinus chrysoloma, a polypore fungus that is found only in old-growth forest. As its successor, S. chrysella is highly susceptible to forest management and disturbances.[2] Molecular analysis suggests that it is closely related to Skeletocutis kuehneri.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Skeletocutis chrysella Niemelä". Rødlistekategori (in Norwegian). Artsdatabanken. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. ↑ Niemelä, Tuomo (1998). "The Skeletocutis subincarnata complex (Basidiomycetes), a revision". Acta Botanica Fennica. 161: 1–35.
  3. ↑ Zíbarová, Lucie; Kout, Jiří (2014). "First record of Skeletocutis ochroalba (Polyporales) in the Czech Republic" (PDF). Czech Mycology. 66 (1): 61–69. doi:10.33585/cmy.66104.
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