Postia
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Postia is a genus of brown rot fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.
Postia is a genus of brown rot fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. ==Taxonomy== Postia was circumscribed by mycologist Elias Magnus Fries in his 1874 work Hymenomycetes europaei. The genus name honours Swedish naturalist Hampus von Post (1822–1911). ==Species== A 2008 estimate placed 30 species in the genus. , Index Fungorum accepts 57 species of Postia: ]] ]] ]] In a 2018 revision of the Postia caesia complex, Otto Miettinen and colleagues proposed four new combinations, and described ten new species: P. alni Niemelä & Vampola (2018) – Europe P. arbuti Spirin (2018) – North America P. auricoma Spirin & Niemelä (2018 – Eurasia P. bifaria Spirin (2018) – East Asia P. caesiosimulans (G.F.Atk.) Spirin & Miettinen (2018) – Holarctic P. comata Miettinen (2018) – Northeastern United States P. cyanescens Miettinen (2018) – Europe P. glauca Spirin & Miettinen (2018) – East Asia P. gossypina (Moug. & Lév.) Spirin & Rivoire (2018) – Europe P. livens Miettinen & Vlasák (2018) – North America P. magna Miettinen (2018) – China; South Korea P. populi Miettinen (2018) – Holarctic P. simulans (P.Karst.) Spirin & Rivoire (2018) – Holarctic P. subviridis (Ryvarden & Guzmán) Spirin (2018) – Europe; North America P. yanae Miettinen & Kotiranta (2018) – Eastern Siberia ==References==
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