Parmastomyces
Genus of fungi
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Parmastomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Czech mycologists František Kotlaba and Zdenek Pouzar in 1964, with Tyromyces kravtzevianus Bondartzev & Parm. as the type species. Parmastomyces species cause a brown rot. The genus has a monomitic hyphal system.[1]
| Parmastomyces | |
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| Parmastomyces transmutans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Parmastomyces Kotl. & Pouzar (1964) |
| Type species | |
| Parmastomyces kravtzevianus (Bondartsev & Parmasto) Kotl. & Pouzar (1964) | |
The genus name of Parmastomyces is in honour of Erast Parmasto (1928–2012), who was an Estonian mycologist, bio-scientist and botanist and onetime director of the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany.[2]
The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.
Species
- Parmastomyces corticola Corner (1989)
- Parmastomyces deceptivus Corner (1989)
- Parmastomyces glutinosus Corner (1989)
- Parmastomyces kravtzevianus (Bondartsev & Parmasto) Kotl. & Pouzar (1964) – Europe
- Parmastomyces mollissimus (Maire) Pouzar (1984) – Europe
- Parmastomyces taxi (Bondartsev) Y.C.Dai & Niemelä (1995)
- Parmastomyces umbrinus Corner (1989)
