Pterula

Pterula is a genus of fungi in the Pterulaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 50 species. One such species, ''Pterula sp. 82168'', has yielded potential antifungal antibiotic properties.

Taxonomy
A major reclassification of the Pterulaceae family occurred in occurred in 2020 and Pterula was reclassified based on phylogenetic analysis and split into Pterula, Myrmecopterula, Pterulicium and Phaeopterula genera by the mycologists Caio A. Leal-Dutra, Bryn Tjader Mason Dentinger and Gareth W. Griffith.

Species
, Species Fungorum accepted 67 species of Pterula. • # Pterula abietis

• # Pterula aciculiformis

• # Pterula actinaeformis

• # Pterula adustipes

• # Pterula arborea

• # Pterula bresadolana

• # Pterula brunneola

• # Pterula capillaris

• # Pterula carpophila

• # Pterula commersonii

• # Pterula complanata

• # Pterula crispa

• # Pterula culmicola

• # Pterula decaryi

• # Pterula decumbens

• # Pterula dilatata

• # Pterula divaricata

• # Pterula exserta

• # Pterula falcatula

• # Pterula fastigiata

• # Pterula filaris

• # Pterula fructicola

• # Pterula frutica

• # Pterula fulvescens

• # Pterula fusispora

• # Pterula grandis

• # Pterula himalayensis

• # Pterula hirsuta

• # Pterula hyphoides

• # Pterula importata

• # Pterula incisa

• # Pterula indica

• # Pterula janseniana

• # Pterula juruensis

• # Pterula landolphiae

• # Pterula lecomtei

• # Pterula loretensis

• # Pterula mannii

• # Pterula millei

• # Pterula multifida

• # Pterula parvispora

• # Pterula penicellata

• # Pterula penniseti

• # Pterula plumosa

• # Pterula plumosoides

• # Pterula pteridicola

• # Pterula pterulicioides

• # Pterula pungensis

• # Pterula pusilla

• # Pterula ramosa

• # Pterula robusta

• # Pterula setacea

• # Pterula setosa

• # Pterula simplex

• # Pterula squarrosa

• # Pterula subplumosa

• # Pterula subulata

• # Pterula subuliformis

• # Pterula taxa

• # Pterula thindii

• # Pterula timorensis

• # Pterula togoensis

• # Pterula uleana

• # Pterula vanderystii

• # Pterula verticillata

• # Pterula vinacea

• # Pterula winkleriana