Biology:Holtermannia

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Holtermannia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Holtermanniales
Genus: Holtermannia
Sacc. & Traverso (1910)
Type species
Holtermannia pinguis
(Holterm.) Sacc. & Traverso

Holtermannia is a genus of fungi in the order Holtermanniales. Species produce groups of horn-like gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood and have associated yeast states. The genus is distributed in southeast Asia and Brazil, and contains six species.[1]

The genus name of Holtermannia is in honour of Carl Holtermann (1866 - 1923) (Norwegian-)German botanist (Mycology) and Professor of Botany at the University of Berlin.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Giovanni Battista Traverso in Syll. Fung. vol.19 on page 871 in 1910.

Species known

According to GBIF;[3]

  • Holtermannia coralloides Kobayasi
  • Holtermannia corniformis Kobayasi
  • Holtermannia damicornis (Möller) Kobayasi
  • Holtermannia pinguis (Holterm.) Sacc. & Traverso
  • Holtermannia prolifera (Pat.) Kobayasi
  • Holtermannia pulchella (Pat. & Har.) Kobayasi

References

  1. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. 2008. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk. 
  2. 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. 
  3. "Holtermannia Sacc. & Traverso, 1910" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2518296. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5884663 entry