''Skvortzovia'' is a fungal genus of unknown placement in the class

Agaricomycetes The Agaricomycetes are a class of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The taxon is roughly identical to that defined for the Homobasidiomycetes (alternatively called holobasidiomycetes) by Hibbett & Thorn, with the inclusion of Auriculariales a ...

. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Skvortzovia furfurella'', found in the United States. This

crust fungus The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...

was originally described by Italian mycologist

Giacomo Bresadola Giacomo Bresadola ( Mezzana, Trento; often given as Giacopo) 14 February 1847 – Trento 9 June 1929) was an eminent Italian mycologist. Fungi he named include the deadly '' Lepiota helveola'' and ''Inocybe patouillardii'', though the latter ...

in 1925 as ''Odontia furfurella''. Vera Lúcia Bononi and Kurt Egon Hjorstam

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every polyg ...

''Skvortzovia'' in Mycotaxon vol.28 on page 12 in 1987 to contain the species. The genus name honours botanist Boris Skvortzov (1896–1980), who was a Polish-Russian-Brazilian

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

(Algology and Mycology) and collected crust fungi extensively in Brazil.

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Fungi of the United States Monotypic Basidiomycota genera Fungi without expected TNC conservation status {{Agaricomycetes-stub