Skyttea nitschkei

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Skyttea
Species: Skyttea nitschkei

Name

Skyttea nitschkei (Körb.) Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins, 1980

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Basionym

• Nesolelchia nitschkei Körb.

Etymology: Named to honor Theodor Rudolph Joseph Nitschke

Synonyms

• Beloniella nitschkei (Körb.) Rehm, 1912
• Nesolechia nitschkei Körb.
• Niptera nitschkei (Körb.) Rehm
• Rhymbocarpus nitschkei (Körb.) Triebel, 1989

References

• Sherwood, D. Hawksw. & Coppins, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 75(3): 488 (1981) [1980]

• Sherwood, M.A.; Hawksworth, D.L. and Coppins, B.J. (1980) Skyttea, a new genus of odontotremoid lichenicolous fungi. - Transactions of the British Mycological Society 75: 479–490.   **[RLL List # 109-96 / Rec.# 17213] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)**

Links

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank

Links to photos

• Irish lichens (photos and descriptions) - Skyttea nitschkei