Skyttea mayrhoferi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cordieritidaceae
Genus: Skyttea
Species: Skyttea mayrhoferi

Name

Skyttea mayrhoferi Diederich & Etayo, 2000

Life habit: Lichenicolous fungus (parasite on living lichens)

Typification Details: Holotype GZU, Mayrhofer 5883

Host-Substratum/Locality: On Pertusaria melanospora growing on coastal rock: New Zealand North.

Etymology: Named to honor Professor Helmut Mayrhofer.

References

• Diederich & Etayo, Lichenologist 32(5): 440 (2000)

• Diederich, P. and Etayo, J. (2000) A synopsis of the genera Skyttea, Llimoniella and Rhymbocarpus (lichenicolous Ascomycota, Leotiales). Lichenologist 32(5): 423–485.   **[RLL List # 180 / Rec.# 20964] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)** (doi:10.1006/lich.2000.0290)

Links

• Lawrey, J.D. and Diederich, P. (2010) Lichenicolous fungi – worldwide checklist, including isolated cultures and sequences available. Internet (1/12/2011)

• McCarthy, P.M. (2010) [Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. Version 10 December 2010.] Checklist of Australian Lichenicolous Fungi

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

• Index Fungorum

• MycoBank