Skeletocutis diluta is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described by Mario Rajchenberg in 1983 as a variety of Skeletocutis nivea.[1] Rajchenberg and Alex David promoted the taxon to independent species status in 1992.[2] The type specimen was collected in Puerto Esperanza, Misiones (Argentina), where it was found growing on Pinus taeda logs in a subtropical forest.[1] It has since been found in Gabon. Skeletocutis diluta has effused-reflexed fruit bodies, meaning they are crust-like with a margin that is extended and bent backwards. It has small allantoid (sausage-shaped) spores measuring 3.1–3.5 by 0.5–0.8 μm. It features a dimitic hyphal system (containing both generative and skeletal hyphae), but the skeletal hyphae dissolve in solution of potassium hydroxide.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Incrustoporiaceae |
| Genus: | Skeletocutis |
| Species: | S. diluta
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| Skeletocutis diluta (Rajchenb.) A.David & Rajchenb. (1992)
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References edit
- ^ a b Rajchenberg, Mario (1983). "New South American resupinate polypores". Mycotaxon. 16: 500–506.
- ^ a b David, Alix; Rajchenberg , Mario (1992). "West African polypores: new species and combinations". Mycotaxon. 45: 131–148.
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