Biology:Skeletocutis friata
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| Skeletocutis friata Niemelä & Saaren. (2001)
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Skeletocutis friata is a rare species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found in Finland, it was first described as a new species in 1998 by Tuomo Niemelä and Reima Saarenoksa, with the name Skeletocutis friabilis. It was given the epithet friata three years later, after it was discovered that a tropical Asian species had already been given the name Skeletocutis friabilis,[1] with a publication date two months prior to theirs. The holotype was collected by Saarenoksa in Sipoo, southern Finland, where it was found growing on the bark and exposed wood of a fallen twig of common alder (Alnus glutinosa).[2] The authors later noted that subsequent searching of the type locality, as well as other locations in southern Finland, failed to turn up additional examples of this species.[3]
The external appearance of the fruit body is unremarkable, and similar to other soft, light-coloured pored crust fungi such as Hyphodontia radula, Ceriporiopsis balaenae, and young specimens of Ceriporiopsis resinascens. The microscopic characteristics of S. friata however, are quite distinct from others in Skeletocutis: "Generative hyphae dominate all parts of the basidiocarp as a delicate, uniform network, and skeletals intermingle as isolated, worm-like structures." The fungus is named (friata) for the friable (easily crumbled) texture the fruit bodies take on when dry.[3]
References
- ↑ Quanten, E. (1997). "The polypores (Polyporaceae s.l.) of Papua New Guinea. A preliminary conspectus". Opera Botanica Belgica 11: 228.
- ↑ Niemelä, T. (1998). "The Skeletocutis subincarnata complex (Basidiomycetes), a revision". Acta Botanica Fennica 161: 1–35.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Niemelä, Tuomo; Kinnunen, Juha; Lindgren, Mariko; Manninen, Olli; Miettinen, Otto; Penttilä, Reijo; Turunen, Olli (2001). "Novelties and records of poroid Basidiomycetes in Finland and adjacent Russia". Karstenia 41 (1): 1–21. http://karstenia.fi/novelties-and-records-of-poroid-basidiomycetes-in-finland-and-adjacent-russia/.
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