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