Skeletocutis alutacea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Incrustoporiaceae |
Genus: | Skeletocutis |
Species: | S. alutacea
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Binomial name | |
Skeletocutis alutacea (
J.Lowe) Jean Keller (1979)
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Synonyms [4] | |
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Skeletocutis alutacea is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science in 1946 by American mycologist Josiah Lincoln Lowe as Poria alutacea. [5] Jean Keller transferred it to the genus Skeletocutis in 1979. [6] It is found in the United States and Canada, in Europe, and New Zealand, where it causes a white rot in various woody substrates. [7]
The basidia of S. alutacea are club-shaped, measuring 9–12 by 4–5 μm. Its spores are hyaline, smooth, cylindrical, straight to slightly curved, and measure 2.5–3.5 by 1–1.5 μm. [7]