Pterula

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Pterula.subulata.-.lindsey.jpg

| image_caption = Pterula subulata

| taxon = Pterula

| authority = Fr. (1825)

| type_species = Pterula plumosa

| type_species_authority = (Schwein.) Fr.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

}}

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.{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk |url-access=limited |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford |year=2008|page=[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk/page/n586 576]|isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}

One such species, Pterula sp. 82168, has yielded potential antifungal antibiotic properties.{{cite journal | last1 = Engler | first1 = Michaela | last2 = Anke | first2 = Timm | last3 = Sterner | first3 = Olov | title = Production of Antibiotics by Collybia nivalis, Omphalotus olearius, a Favolaschia and a Pterula Species on Natural Substrates | journal = Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C | date = 1 June 1998 | volume = 53 | issue = 5–6 | pages = 318–324 | issn = 0939-5075 | eissn = 1865-7125 | doi = 10.1515/znc-1998-5-604 | pmid = 9705612 | s2cid = 7189999 | url = | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal | last1 = ENGLER | first1 = MICHAELA | last2 = ANKE | first2 = TIMM | last3 = STERNER | first3 = OLOV | last4 = BRANDT | first4 = ULRICH | title = Pterulinic Acid and Pterulone, Two Novel Inhibitors of NADH: Ubiquinone Oxidoreductase (Complex I) Produced by a Pterula Species. I. Production, Isolation and Biological Activities. | journal = The Journal of Antibiotics | date = 1997 | volume = 50 | issue = 4 | pages = 325–329 | issn = 0021-8820 | eissn = 1881-1469 | doi = 10.7164/antibiotics.50.325 | pmid = 9186558 | s2cid = 41871760 | url = | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal | last1 = Engler-Lohr | first1 = Michaela | last2 = Anke | first2 = Timm | last3 = Hellwig | first3 = Veronika | last4 = Steglich | first4 = Wolfgang | title = Noroudemansin A, a New Antifungal Antibiotic from Pterula Species 82168 and Three Semisynthetic Derivatives | journal = Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C | date = 1 April 1999 | volume = 54 | issue = 3–4 | pages = 163–168 | issn = 0939-5075 | eissn = 1865-7125 | doi = 10.1515/znc-1999-3-404 | pmid = 10349735 | s2cid = 7595611 | url = | doi-access = free }}