Skeletocutis stramentica

Skeletocutis stramentica is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae that is found in New Zealand.

Skeletocutis stramentica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Skeletocutis
Species:	S. stramentica
Binomial name
Skeletocutis stramentica (G.Cunn.) Rajchenb. (1995)
Synonyms[1]
Tyromyces stramenticus G.Cunn. (1965)

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1965 by mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham, who placed it in the genus Tyromyces. The type was collected near Mount Ruapehu on the North Island of New Zealand, where the fungus was found growing on black beech.[2] Mario Rajchenberg transferred the taxon to Skeletocutis in 1995.[3]

Description

Characteristic features of Skeletocutis stramentica include the coarse bundles of agglutinated hyphae covering the cap surface, the agglutinated hyphae found in both the context and the dissepiments (tissue that is found between the pores), lacerate pore mouths, and the relatively small spores measuring 2.5–4 by 2–2.5 μm. The hyphal system is monomitic, and the generative hyphae have clamp connections.[4]

References

1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Skeletocutis stramentica (G. Cunn.) Rajchenb. [as 'stramenticus']". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
2. Cunningham, G.H. (1965). "Polyporaceae of New Zealand". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 164: 262.
3. Rajchenberg, Mario (1995). "Notes on New Zealand polypores (Basidiomycetes) 2. Cultural and morphological studies of selected species". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 33 (1): 99–109. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1995.10412947.
4. Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. (1988). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae – 18. Species described by G.H. Cunningham". Mycotaxon. 31 (1): 1–38.