MycoKey : the genus Skeletocutis

Generic short diagnoses: Resupinate to pileate, thin, soft to tough, white or colourful, white rotting, mostly small-pored polypores with dimitic of trimitic hyphal system, incrusted hyphal ends in the pore mouths and narrow, allantoid spores.


Species example:


Skeletocutis amorpha - DK: "orange krystalporesvamp"
Photo and © Jens H. Petersen
Denmark, JHP-97.400

The picture originates from the interactive internet version of MycoKey.
Here you will also find a larger picture along with a detailed generic description. The picture is also present on the MycoKey 2.0 DVD.

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