Parmastomyces
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| Parmastomyces transmutans | |
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| Genus: | Parmastomyces |
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| Parmastomyces kravtzevianus (Bondartsev & Parmasto) Kotl. & Pouzar (1964) | |
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.
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.
The genus was circumscribed by Paul Claude Silva in Taxon vol.8 on page 63 in 1959.