Skeletocutis chrysella is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found primarily in Northern Europe, it has a boreal distribution, and has also been collected in East Karelia, Yakutia, and North America. It is classified as a vulnerable species on the Norwegian Red list, where it is considered to be declining.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Incrustoporiaceae |
| Genus: | Skeletocutis |
| Species: | S. chrysella
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| Skeletocutis chrysella Niemelä (1998)
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The fungus was described as new to science in 1998 by mycologist Tuomo Niemelä. The type collection made in Finland, where it was found growing on a dead fruit body of Phellinus chrysoloma, a polypore fungus that is found only in old-growth forest. As its successor, S. chrysella is highly susceptible to forest management and disturbances.[2] Molecular analysis suggests that it is closely related to Skeletocutis kuehneri.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Skeletocutis chrysella Niemelä". Rødlistekategori (in Norwegian). Artsdatabanken. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
- ^ Niemelä, Tuomo (1998). "The Skeletocutis subincarnata complex (Basidiomycetes), a revision". Acta Botanica Fennica. 161: 1–35.
- ^ Zíbarová, Lucie; Kout, Jiří (2014). "First record of Skeletocutis ochroalba (Polyporales) in the Czech Republic" (PDF). Czech Mycology. 66 (1): 61–69. doi:10.33585/cmy.66104.