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''Podostroma'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Hypocreaceae The Hypocreaceae are a family (biology), family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species are recognisable by their brightly coloured perithecial Ascocarp, ascomata, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed by Giuseppe De Notaris ...
,
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle. * Circum ...
by the Finnish mycologist
Petter Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku ...
in 1892 and containing eleven species (at least one being highly toxic) with a widespread distribution.


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


External links

* Hypocreales genera Hypocreaceae Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten Taxa described in 1892 {{Hypocreales-stub