''Pestalotiopsis'' is a genus of

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fungi. ''Pestalotiopsis'' species are known as

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. The genus name of ''Pestalotiopsis'' is in honour of Fortunato Pestalozza (died 1878), who was an Italian

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and doctor who worked in Constantinople and Antalya. The genus was circumscribed by

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in Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat. vol.19 on page 300 in 1949. Some members of the genus are able to grow on the synthetic polymer '' polyurethane'' as its sole carbon source under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions, hence show promise as a form of bioremediation for waste reduction. Some members of the genus are able to produce taxol.

Taxonomy

A phylogenetic analysis in 2013 if many of the ''Pestalotiopsis'' species found the following tree:

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Taxonomy

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