Lahmia

Not to be confused with the plant order Lamiales and the family Lamiaceae.

Lahmia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Leotiomycetes
Order:	Lahmiales O.E. Erikss.
Family:	Lahmiaceae O.E. Erikss.
Genus:	Lahmia Körb.
Type species
Lahmia kunzei (Flot.) Körb.
Synonyms [1]
Parkerella A. Funk

Lahmia is a genus of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, or sac fungi. It is the only genus in the family Lahmiaceae and the order Lahmiales . ^{[2] [3]}

The genus name of Lahmia is in honour of Johann Gottlieb Franz-Xaver Lahm (1811-1888), who was a German clergyman and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology). ^[4] The genus of Lahmia was circumscribed by Gustav Wilhelm Koerber in Parerga Lichenol on page 281 in 1861.

References

1. Lahmia in MycoBank.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58. Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.
3. Eriksson O. (1986). "Lahmia Korber (= Parkerella A. Funk) a misinterpreted genus with isolated position". Mycotaxon. 27: 347–60.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.