Pichia heedii

Pichia heedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pichiomycetes
Order:	Pichiales
Family:	Pichiaceae
Genus:	Pichia
Species:	P. heedii
Binomial name
	Pichia heedii; Phaff, Starmer, M. Miranda & M.W. Mill.

Last updated December 30, 2025

Pichia heedii is a species of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae. Described in 1978, it was found growing on a dead senita cactus plant ( Lophocereus schottii ) in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico. The species was named to honor William B. Heed and his contributions to the study of desert-adapted yeasts.^[1]

References

↑ Phaff HJ, Starmer WT, Miranda M, Miller MW (1978). "Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 326–31. doi: 10.1099/00207713-28-2-326 .

External links

Pichia heedii in MycoBank .

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[Pfaff1978-1] Phaff HJ, Starmer WT, Miranda M, Miller MW (1978). "Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 326–31. doi: 10.1099/00207713-28-2-326 .

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