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Cordierites
Sign in to saveCordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLeotiomycetes
- OrderHelotiales
- FamilyCordieritidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Cordieritidaceae
- Collections
- MEL, FH, CUP, NY, UFSC, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, New Zealand, China, Grenada, Brazil, Brasil, Chile
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Helotiaceae
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- taxon name
- Cordierites
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Mont.
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Encyclopedic overview
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Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cordierites” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.