Heinrich Georg Winter

Heinrich Georg Winter (1 October 1848, Leipzig – 16 August 1887) was a German mycologist.

Beginning in 1870, he studied natural sciences at the Universities of Leipzig, Munich and Halle, obtaining his habilitation in 1875 from the Polytechnic Confederation in Zurich.[1][2]

He is the taxonomic authority of Sordariaceae, a family of perithecial fungi.[3] In 1880 he described the order Ustilaginales (smut fungi).[4] He also conducted anatomical and morphological research of crustose lichens.[1]

From 1871 to 1879, he was co-editor of the journal "Hedwigia", from 1879 until his death, he served as its editor.[2] With Anton de Bary and Heinrich Rehm, he was co-author of Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 The Mushroom Journal (biographical information)
  2. 1 2 Annals of Botany, Volume 1 edited by Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman
  3. ↑ SORDARIACEAE G. Winter, 1885 (a family of ascomycetes)
  4. ↑ Taxon: Family Ustilaginaceae Tul. & C. Tul., 1847
  5. ↑ WorldCat Title Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz
  6. ↑ "Author Query for 'G.Winter'". International Plant Names Index.
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