Postia
Encyclopedia
Postia is a genus
of brown-rot
fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae
. The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of brown-rot
Dry rot
Dry rot refers to a type of wood decay caused by certain types of fungi, also known as True Dry Rot, that digests parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness...
fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae
Fomitopsidaceae
The Fomitopsidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots.-Genera:Amylocystis —Antrodia —Auriporia —Buglossoporus —Climacocystis —Dacryobolus —...
. The widespread genus contains about 30 species.
Species
- Postia balsamea
- Postia brunnea
- Postia caesia
- Postia ceriflua
- Postia dissecta
- Postia floriformis
- Postia folliculocystidiata
- Postia fragilis
- Postia globicystidia
- Postia grata
- Postia guttulata
- Postia hibernica
- Postia inocybe
- Postia johnstonii
- Postia lateritia
- Postia leucomallella
- Postia lowei
- Postia luteocaesia
- Postia manuka
- Postia mappa
- Postia pelliculosa
- Postia perdelicata
- Postia placenta
- Postia ptychogaster
- Postia rancida
- Postia rennyi
- Postia septentrionalis
- Postia sericeomollis
- Postia simanii
- Postia stellifera
- Postia stiptica
- Postia subcaesia
- Postia tephroleucaPostia tephroleucaPostia tephroleuca is a species of fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae.- External links :* *...
- Postia undosa
- Postia venata
- Postia wakefieldiae