Podostroma

Podostroma is a genus of fungi in the family Hypocreaceae. It was circumscribed by the Finnish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1892.[2] The genus contains 11 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.[3] A large number of these are highly toxic, and should not be handled.

Podostroma
Podostroma alutaceum, in James Sowerby's Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms (1797)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Sordariomycetes
Order:
Hypocreales
Family:
Hypocreaceae
Genus:
Podostroma

P.Karst. (1892)
Type species
Podostroma leucopus
P.Karst. (1892)
Species

see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Hypocrea subgen. Podocrea Sacc. (1883)
  • Podocrea (Sacc.) Lindau (1897)

Species
  • P. africanum
  • P. alutaceum
  • P. brevipes
  • P. cordyceps
  • P. cornu-damae
  • P. daisenense
  • P. eperuae
  • P. giganteum
  • P. grossum
  • P. solmsii
  • P. zeylanicum

References
  1. "Podostroma P. Karst. 1892". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-10-20.
  2. Karsten P. (1892). "Fragmenta mycologica XXXVIII". Hedwigia. 31: 292–96.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 552. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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