Heinrich Georg Winter

Heinrich Georg Winter (1 October 1848 in 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] and was editor of several exsiccatae.[5] Two examples are the large specimen series named L. Rabenhorstii fungi Europaei et extraeuropaei exsiccati, Klotzschii herbarii vivi mycologici continuatio. Editio nova. Series secunda (1881–1886).[6] and the exsiccata Schweizerische Kryptogamen. Unter Mitwirkung mehrerer Botaniker. Gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. B. Wartmann und B. Schenk (1880-1882), which he issued together with Friedrich Bernhard Wartmann.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b The Mushroom Journal (biographical information)
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2025 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  6. ^ "L. Rabenhorstii fungi Europaei et extraeuropaei exsiccati, Klotzschii herbarii vivi mycologici continuatio. Editio nova. Series secunda: IndExs ExsiccataID=235712707". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Schweizerische Kryptogamen. Unter Mitwirkung mehrerer Botaniker. Gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. B. Wartmann und B. Schenk: IndExs ExsiccataID=91343760". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  8. ^ WorldCat Title Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index. G.Winter.
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