Biology:Heyderia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Heyderia
Heyderia abietis 52203.jpg
Heyderia abietis
Scientific classification
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Ascomycetes
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Heyderia

(Fr.) Link
Type species
Heyderia abietis
(Fr.) Link

Heyderia is a genus of fungi in the family Hemiphacidiaceae.[1] The genus contains six species.[2]

The genus name of Heyderia is in honour of Johann Ernst Friedrich Heyder (1765-1797), who was a German doctor and botanist from the 'Universitäts-Chirurgicus' in Göttingen.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in Tent. Disp. Meth. Fung. (Lipsiae) on page 36 in 1797.

Species

  • Heyderia abietis
  • Heyderia agariciphila
  • Heyderia americana
  • Heyderia cucullata
  • Heyderia pusilla
  • Heyderia sclerotiorum

References

  1. "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet (Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany) 13: 1–58. December 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318003134/http://www.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp. 
  2. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 316. ISBN 0-85199-826-7. 
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022. 

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