Parmastomyces
# Parmastomyces

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.

## 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)
