Skyttella

Skyttella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Cyttariales
Family:	Cordieritidaceae
Genus:	Skyttella; D.Hawksw. & R.Sant. (1988)
Type species
	Skyttella mulleri; (Willey) D.Hawksw. & R.Sant. (1988)
Species
	S. mulleri;

Skyttella is a genus of lichenicolous fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae. It contains two species.^[1] The genus was circumscribed in 1988 by David Leslie Hawksworth and Rolf Santesson, with Skyttella mulleri assigned as the type species.^[2] This species, which parasitizes the lobes of foliose lichens in the genus Peltigera, was previously classified in the genus Phacopsis. , an Ecuadorian species that grows on Sticta, was added to the genus in 2017.^[3]

The genus name of Skyttella is in honour of Mogens Skytte Christiansen (1918 - 1996), a Danish botanist (interested in Microbiology, Mycology an Lichenology), and also a botanical illustrator.^[4]

References[]

^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.
^ Hawksworth, D.L.; Santesson, R. (1988). "Skyttella, a new genus for Phacopsis mulleri Willey (syn. Agyrium flavescens Rehm)". Graphis Scripta. 2: 33–37.
^ Etayo, J. (2017). Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador (PDF). Opera Lilloana (in Spanish). Vol. 50. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. p. 419.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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[Wijayawardene_et_al._2020-1] Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8.

[Hawksworth_&_Santesson_1988-2] Hawksworth, D.L.; Santesson, R. (1988). "Skyttella, a new genus for Phacopsis mulleri Willey (syn. Agyrium flavescens Rehm)". Graphis Scripta. 2: 33–37.

[Etayo_2017-3] Etayo, J. (2017). Hongos liquenícolas de Ecuador (PDF). Opera Lilloana (in Spanish). Vol. 50. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina: Fundación Miguel Lillo. p. 419.

[4] Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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