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Cordierites
Genus of fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Cordierite.
Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.
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Cordierites | |
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Cordierites frondosus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Cyttariales |
Family: | Cordieritidaceae |
Genus: | Cordierites Mont. (1840) |
Type species | |
Cordierites guianensis Mont. (1840) |
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The genus name of Cordierites is in honour of François Simon Cordier (1797-1874), a French military doctor and botanist (Mycology), he was a founder member and president of the Société botanique de France in 1872.[1]
The genus was circumscribed by Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, Vol.14 on page 330 in 1840.