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]
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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]
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- ^ Reid, D.A. (1969). "Spring fungi in Corsica". Revue de Mycologie. 33: 232–267.
- ^ Bondartseva, M.A. (1972). "Ad systema generis Fibuloporia Bond. et Sing". Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii (in Russian). 9: 132–136.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Skeletocutis alutacea (J. Lowe) Jean Keller". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
- ^ Overholts, L.O.; Lowe, J.L. (1946). "New species of Poria". Mycologia. 38 (2): 202–212. doi:10.2307/3755061. JSTOR 3755061.
- ^ Keller, J. (1978). "Ultrastructure des hyphes incrustées dans le genre Skeletocutis" (PDF). Persoonia (in French). 10 (3): 347–355.
- ^ a b Lowe, J. (1966). Polyporaceae of North America. The genus Poria. Technical Publication of the State University College of Forestry at Syracuse University. Vol. 90. p. 92.