# Postia

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image=Postia.tephroleuca2.-.lindsey.jpg
|image_caption=''[Postia tephroleuca](/source/Postia_tephroleuca)''
|taxon=Postia
|authority=[Fr.](/source/Elias_Magnus_Fries) (1874)
|type_species=''Postia tephroleuca''
|type_species_authority=(Fr.) Jülich (1982)
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision =
|synonyms_ref=<ref name="Fungorum synonymy: Postia"/>
|synonyms=*''Trichoderma'' <small>[Pers.](/source/Pers.) (1801)</small>
*''Podoporia'' <small>[P.Karst.](/source/P.Karst.) (1892)</small>
*''Spongiporus'' <small>[Murrill](/source/William_Alphonso_Murrill) (1905)</small>
*''Hemidiscia'' <small>[Lázaro Ibiza](/source/L%C3%A1zaro_Ibiza) (1916)</small>
*''Osteina'' <small>[Donk](/source/Marinus_Anton_Donk) (1966)</small>
*''Strangulidium'' <small>[Pouzar](/source/Zden%C4%9Bk_Pouzar) (1967)</small>
}}

'''''Postia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [brown rot](/source/Wood-decay_fungus) fungi in the family [Fomitopsidaceae](/source/Fomitopsidaceae).

==Taxonomy==
''Postia'' was [circumscribed](/source/circumscription_(taxonomy)) by mycologist [Elias Magnus Fries](/source/Elias_Magnus_Fries) in his 1874 work ''Hymenomycetes europaei''.<ref name="Fries 1874"/> The genus name honours Swedish naturalist [Hampus von Post](/source/Hampus_von_Post) (1822–1911).<ref name="Donk 1960"/>

==Species==
A 2008 estimate placed 30 species in the genus.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/> {{As of|2018|June}}, [Index Fungorum](/source/Index_Fungorum) accepts 57 species of ''Postia'':<ref name="CoL-Fungorum"/>
[[File:2010-06-24 Oligoporus guttulatus 90882.jpg|thumb|right|''[Postia guttulata](/source/Postia_guttulata)'']]
[[File:Ptychogaster fuliginoides weißer polsterpilz.jpg|thumb|right|''[Postia ptychogaster](/source/Postia_ptychogaster)'']]
[[File:Postia subcaesia PN1 (1).jpg|thumb|right|''[Postia subcaesia](/source/Postia_subcaesia)'']]
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*''[Postia africana](/source/Postia_africana)'' <small>(Ryvarden) V.Papp (2015)</small>
*''[Postia amurensis](/source/Postia_amurensis)'' <small>Y.C.Dai & Penttilä (2006)</small><ref name="Dai & Penttillä 2006"/> – China
*''[Postia amylocystis](/source/Postia_amylocystis)'' <small>Y.C.Dai & Renvall (1994)<ref name="Dai 1994"/></small> – China
*''[Postia amyloidea](/source/Postia_amyloidea)'' <small>(Corner) V.Papp (2015)</small>
*''[Postia balsamea](/source/Postia_balsamea)'' <small>(Peck) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia brunnea](/source/Postia_brunnea)'' <small>Rajchenb. & P.K.Buchanan (1996)</small><ref name="Rajchenberg 1996"/> – Australia; New Zealand
*''[Postia caesia](/source/Postia_caesia)'' <small>(Schrad.) P.Karst. (1881)</small> – Europe; also called the '''conifer blueing bracket'''<ref name="jarvis-2020"/>
*''[Postia caesioflava](/source/Postia_caesioflava)'' <small>(Pat.) V.Papp (2015)</small>
*''[Postia calcarea](/source/Postia_calcarea)'' <small>Y.L.Wei & Y.C.Dai (2006)</small> – China<ref name="Wei 2006"/>
*''[Postia cana](/source/Postia_cana)'' <small>H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2010)</small>
*''[Postia carbophila](/source/Postia_carbophila)'' <small> Rajchenb. (1995)</small><ref name="Rajchenberg 1995"/> – South America
*''[Postia ceriflua](/source/Postia_ceriflua)'' <small>(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia coeruleivirens](/source/Postia_coeruleivirens)'' <small>(Corner) V.Papp (2015)</small> – East and Southeast Asia
*''[Postia cylindrica](/source/Postia_cylindrica)'' <small>H.S.Yuan (2017)</small> – China<ref name="Yuan 2017"/>
*''[Postia dissecta](/source/Postia_dissecta)'' <small>(Cooke) Rajchenb. (1988)</small>
*''[Postia duplicata](/source/Postia_duplicata)'' <small>L.L.Shen, B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2014)</small>
*''[Postia floriformis](/source/Postia_floriformis)'' <small>(Quél.) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia fragilis](/source/Postia_fragilis)'' <small>(Fr.) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia globicystidia](/source/Postia_globicystidia)'' <small> P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1998)</small><ref name="Buchanan & Ryvarden 1998"/> – New Zealand
*''[Postia gloeocystidiata](/source/Postia_gloeocystidiata)'' <small>Y.L.Wei & Y.C.Dai (2006)</small> – China<ref name="Wei 2006"/>
*''[Postia grata](/source/Postia_grata)'' <small>(Berk.) Rajchenb. (1989)</small> – Nepal
*''[Postia guttulata](/source/Postia_guttulata)'' <small>(Sacc.) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe; India
*''[Postia hibernica](/source/Postia_hibernica)'' <small>(Berk. & Broome) Jülich (1982)</small> – Great Britain
*''[Postia immitis](/source/Postia_immitis)'' <small>(Peck) Niemelä (2009)</small>
*''[Postia inocybe](/source/Postia_inocybe)'' <small> (A.David & Malençon) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia japonica](/source/Postia_japonica)'' <small>Y.C.Dai & T.Hatt. (2007)</small>
*''[Postia johnstonii](/source/Postia_johnstonii)'' <small>(Murrill) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia lateritia](/source/Postia_lateritia)'' <small>Renvall (1992)</small><ref name="Renvall 1992"/> – Europe
*''[Postia leucomallella](/source/Postia_leucomallella)'' <small>(Murrill) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia lowei](/source/Postia_lowei)'' <small> (Pilát) Jülich (1982)</small> – Great Britain
*''[Postia luteocaesia](/source/Postia_luteocaesia)'' <small>(A.David) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia manuka](/source/Postia_manuka)'' <small>(G.Cunn.) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (2000)</small>
*''[Postia mediterraneocaesia](/source/Postia_mediterraneocaesia)'' <small>M. Pieri & B.Rivoire (2005)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia minuta](/source/Postia_minuta)'' <small>Rajchenb. (2001)</small> – Argentina<ref name="Rajchenberg 2001"/>
*''[Postia obliqua](/source/Postia_obliqua)'' <small>Y.L.Wei & W.M.Qin (2010)</small><ref name="Wei 2010"/> – China
*''[Postia pelliculosa](/source/Postia_pelliculosa)'' <small> (Berk.) Rajchenb. (1988)</small> – Uganda
*''[Postia perdelicata](/source/Postia_perdelicata)'' <small>(Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1986)</small>
*''[Postia ptychogaster](/source/Postia_ptychogaster)'' <small> (F.Ludw.) Vesterh. (1996)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia punctata](/source/Postia_punctata)'' <small>Rajchenb. & P.K.Buchanan (1996)</small><ref name="Rajchenberg 1996"/> – South America; [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania)
*''[Postia qinensis](/source/Postia_qinensis)'' <small>Y.C.Dai & Y.L.Wei (2009)</small><ref name="Dai 2009"/> – China
*''[Postia rancida](/source/Postia_rancida)'' <small>(Bres.) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1986)</small> – Great Britain
*''[Postia rennyi](/source/Postia_rennyi)'' <small>(Berk. & Broome) Rajchenb. (1993)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia septentrionalis](/source/Postia_septentrionalis)'' <small>(Vampola) Renvall (1992)</small>
*''[Postia sericeomollis](/source/Postia_sericeomollis)'' <small>(Romell) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe
*''[Postia simanii](/source/Postia_simanii)'' <small>(Pilát) Jülich (1982)</small>
*''[Postia stellifera](/source/Postia_stellifera)'' <small>T.Hatt. & Sotome (2011)</small><ref name="Hattori 2011"/> – Malaysia
*''[Postia stiptica](/source/Postia_stiptica)'' <small>(Pers.) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe; also called the '''bitter bracket'''<ref name="jarvis-2020">{{cite book |last1=Jarvis |first1=Peter J. |title=The Pelagic Dictionary of Natural History of the British Isles |date=2020 |publisher=Pelagic |location=Exeter |isbn=9781784271947}}</ref>
*''[Postia subcaesia](/source/Postia_subcaesia)'' <small> (A.David) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe; also called the '''blueing bracket'''<ref name="jarvis-2020"/>
*''[Postia subplacenta](/source/Postia_subplacenta)'' <small>B.K.Cui (2012)</small> – China<ref name="Cui 2012"/>
*''[Postia subundosa](/source/Postia_subundosa)'' <small>Y.L.Wei & Y.C.Dai (2006)</small> – China<ref name="Wei 2006"/>
*''[Postia tephroleuca](/source/Postia_tephroleuca)'' <small>(Fr.) Jülich (1982)</small> – Asia, Europe
*''[Postia undosa](/source/Postia_undosa)'' <small>(Peck) Jülich (1982)</small> – Europe, North America
*''[Postia venata](/source/Postia_venata)'' <small>(Rajchenb. & J.E.Wright) Rajchenb. (1988)</small>
*''[Postia zebra](/source/Postia_zebra)'' <small>Y.L.Wei & W.M.Qin (2010)</small><ref name="Wei 2010"/> – China
}}

In a 2018 revision of the ''Postia caesia'' [complex](/source/species_complex), Otto Miettinen and colleagues proposed four [new combinations](/source/combinatio_nova), and described ten new species:<ref name="Miettinen et al. 2018"/>
*''[P. alni](/source/Postia_alni)'' <small>Niemelä & Vampola (2018)</small> – Europe
*''[P. arbuti](/source/Postia_arbuti)'' <small>Spirin (2018)</small> – North America
*''[P. auricoma](/source/Postia_auricoma)'' <small>Spirin & Niemelä (2018</small> – Eurasia
*''[P. bifaria](/source/Postia_bifaria)'' <small>Spirin (2018)</small> – East Asia
*''[P. caesiosimulans](/source/Postia_caesiosimulans)'' <small>(G.F.Atk.) Spirin & Miettinen (2018)</small> – [Holarctic](/source/Holarctic)
*''[P. comata](/source/Postia_comata)'' <small>Miettinen (2018)</small> – Northeastern United States
*''[P. cyanescens](/source/Postia_cyanescens)''  <small>Miettinen (2018)</small> – Europe
*''[P. glauca](/source/Postia_glauca)'' <small>Spirin & Miettinen (2018)</small> – East Asia
*''[P. gossypina](/source/Postia_gossypina)'' <small>(Moug. & Lév.) Spirin & Rivoire (2018)</small> – Europe
*''[P. livens](/source/Postia_livens)'' <small>Miettinen & Vlasák (2018)</small> – North America
*''[P. magna](/source/Postia_magna)''  <small>Miettinen (2018)</small> – China; South Korea
*''[P. populi](/source/Postia_populi)''  <small>Miettinen (2018)</small> – Holarctic
*''[P. simulans](/source/Postia_simulans)'' <small>(P.Karst.) Spirin & Rivoire (2018)</small> – Holarctic
*''[P. subviridis](/source/Postia_subviridis)'' <small>(Ryvarden & Guzmán) Spirin  (2018)</small> – Europe; North America
*''[P. yanae](/source/Postia_yanae)'' <small>Miettinen & Kotiranta (2018)</small> – Eastern Siberia

==References==
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<ref name="Buchanan & Ryvarden 1998">{{cite journal |author1=Buchanan, P.K. |author2=Ryvarden, L. |year=1998 |title=New Zealand polypore fungi (Aphyllophorales): three new species and a new record |journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=219–231 |doi=10.1080/0028825x.1998.9512563|doi-access= }}</ref>

<ref name="CoL-Fungorum">{{cite web |author=Kirk, P.M. |title=Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/4677574625770b61cec2f70fbb2ad55a |access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref>

<ref name="Cui 2012">{{cite journal |author1=Cui, B.-K. |author2=Li, H.-J. |title=A new species of ''Postia'' (Basidiomycota) from Northeast China |journal=Mycotaxon |year=2012 |volume=120 |pages=231–237 |doi=10.5248/120.231|doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="Dai 1994">{{cite journal |author1=Dai, Y.C. |author2=Renvall, P. |year=1994 |title=Changbai wood-rotting fungi 2. ''Postia amylocystis'' (Basidiomycetes), a new polypore species |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=71–76}}</ref>

<ref name="Dai 2009">{{cite journal |author1=Dai, Y.C. |author2=Yuan, H.S. |author3=Wang, H.C. |author4=Yang, F. |author5=Wei, Y.L. |year=2009 |title=Polypores (Basidiomycota) from Qin Mts. in Shaanxi Province, central China |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=54–61 |doi=10.5735/085.046.0105 |jstor=23727943|s2cid=86306216 }}</ref>

<ref name="Dai & Penttillä 2006">{{cite journal |author1=Dai, Y.C. |author2=Penttilä, R. |year=2006 |title=Polypore diversity of Fenglin Nature Reserve, northeastern China |journal=Annales Botanici Fennici |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=81–96}}</ref>

<ref name="Donk 1960">{{cite journal |author=Donk, M.A. |year=1960 |title=The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae |journal=Persoonia |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=173–302 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/61056/0001/002/0173.htm}}</ref>

<ref name="Fries 1874">{{cite book |author=Fries, E.M. |year=1874 |title=Hymenomycetes europaei |location=Uppsala |page=586 |language=la |url=http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1959&Pagina=590}}</ref>

<ref name="Fungorum synonymy: Postia">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Postia'' |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=18356 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |access-date=2018-04-07}}</ref>

<ref name="Hattori 2011">{{cite journal |author1=Hattori, T. |author2=Sotome, K. |author3=Ota, Y. |author4=Thi, B.K. |author5=Lee, S.S. |author6=Salleh, B. |year=2010 |title=''Postia stellifera'' sp. nov., a stipitate and terrestrial polypore from Malaysia |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=114 |pages=151–161 |doi=10.5248/114.151|doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |author1=Kirk, P.M. |author2=Cannon, P.F. |author3=Winter, D.W. |author4=Stalpers, J.A. |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=561 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

<ref name="Miettinen et al. 2018">{{cite journal |author1=Miettinen, O. |author2=Vlasák |author3=Rivoire, J.B. |author4=Spirin, V. |year=2018 |title=''Postia caesia'' complex (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in temperate Northern Hemisphere |journal=Fungal Systematics and Evolution |volume=1 |pages=101–129 |doi=10.3114/fuse.2018.01.05|pmid=32490363 |pmc=7259241 |hdl=10138/238584 |hdl-access=free }} {{open access}} </ref>

<ref name="Rajchenberg 1995">{{cite journal |author=Rajchenberg, M. |year=1995 |title=New polypores from the Nothofagus forests of Argentina |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=54 |pages=427–453 }}</ref>

<ref name="Rajchenberg 1996">{{cite journal |author1=Rajchenberg, M. |author2=Buchanan, P.K. |year=1996 |title=Two newly described polypores from Australasia and southern South America |journal=Australian Systematic Botany |volume=9 |issue=6 |pages=877–885 |doi=10.1071/SB9960877}}</ref>

<ref name="Rajchenberg 2001">{{cite journal |author=Rajchenberg, M. |year=2001 |title=''Postia minuta'' sp. nov. from Southern Argentina |journal=Harvard Papers in Botany |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=183–187}}</ref>

<ref name="Renvall 1992">{{cite journal |author=Renvall, P. |year=1992 |title=Basidiomycetes at the timberline in lapland 4. ''Postia lateritia'' n. sp. and its rust-coloured relatives |journal=Karstenia |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=43–60 |doi=10.29203/ka.1992.291|doi-access=free }}</ref>

<ref name="Wei 2006">{{cite journal |author1=Wei, Y.-L. |author2=Dai Y.-C. |year=2006 |title=Three new species of ''Postia'' (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota) from China |journal=Fungal Diversity |volume=23 |pages=391–402}}</ref>

<ref name="Wei 2010">{{cite journal |author1=Wei, Y.L. |author2=Qin, W.M. |year=2010 |title=Two new species of ''Postia'' from China |journal=Sydowia |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=165–170}}</ref>

<ref name="Yuan 2017">{{cite journal |author=Yuan, Hai-Sheng |author2=Mu, Yan-Hong |author3=Qin, Wen-Min |year=2017 |title=A new species of ''Postia'' (Basidiomycota) based on morphological and molecular characteristics |journal=Phytotaxa |volume=292 |issue=3 |pages=287 |doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.292.3.9|url=http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFCAFFA0E078FFC0FFE7FF9BFFF2E54A }}</ref>
}}

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