''Podostroma'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Hypocreaceae
The Hypocreaceae are a family (biology), family within the class Sordariomycetes. Species of Hypocreaceae are usually recognized by their brightly colored, perithecial Ascocarp, ascomata, typically yellow, orange or red. The family was proposed b ...
. It was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
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, s ...
in 1892.
The genus contains 11 species that collectively have a widespread distribution.
A large number of these are highly toxic, and should not be handled.
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
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