Heyderia | |
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Heyderia abietis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Helotiales |
Family: | Hemiphacidiaceae |
Genus: | 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.