Skyttea gregaria

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Skyttea
Species: Skyttea gregaria

Name

Skyttea gregaria Sherwood, D.Hawksw. & Coppins, 1980

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Host-Substratum/Locality: On thallus of Mycoblastus sterilis: UK.

Homotypic synonym

• Rhymbocarpus gregarius (Sherwood, D.Hawksw., & Coppins) Triebel, 1989

References

• Sherwood, D. Hawksw. & Coppins, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 75(3): 486 (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