Skyttea caesii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyttariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Leotiomycetes Ordo: Cyttariales

Familia: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Skyttea
Species: Skyttea caesii

Name

Skyttea caesii Diederich & Etayo, 2000

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Typification Details: Holotype E, Diederich 8211

Host-Substratum/Locality: On Mycoblastus caesius growing on Betula: Great Britain.

Synonymy

• Skyttea fusispora sensu auct. brit.

References

• Diederich & Etayo, Lichenologist 32(5): 432 (2000)

• Diederich, P. and Etayo, J. (2000) A synopsis of the genera Skyttea, Llimoniella and Rhymbocarpus (lichenicolous Ascomycota, Leotiales). Lichenologist 32(5): 423–485.   **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 20964] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0290)

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank