Kobayasia
Kobayasia is a genus of fungi in the family Phallaceae. It contains the species Kobayasia nipponica and Kobayasia kunmingica.
It is known as シラタマタケ shiratamatake; "white ball mushroom" in the Japanese language.
The genus name of Kobayasia is in honour of Yosio Kobayasi, who was a Japanese botanist.
The genus was circumscribed by Sanshi Imai and A. Kawamura in Sci. Rap. Yokohama Natl. Univ., Sect.2, vol.7:
on page 5 in 1958.