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Holtermannia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Holtermanniales
Genus:	Holtermannia Sacc. & Traverso (1910)
Type species
Holtermannia pinguis (Holterm.) Sacc. & Traverso

Holtermannia is a genus of fungi in the order Holtermanniales. Species produce groups of horn-like gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood and have associated yeast states. The genus is distributed in southeast Asia and Brazil, and contains six species.

The genus name of Holtermannia is in honour of Carl Holtermann (1866 - 1923) (Norwegian-)German botanist (Mycology) and Professor of Botany at the University of Berlin.

The genus was circumscribed by Pier Andrea Saccardo and Giovanni Battista Traverso in Syll. Fung. vol.19 on page 871 in 1910.

Species known

According to GBIF;

• Holtermannia coralloides Kobayasi
• Holtermannia corniformis Kobayasi
• Holtermannia damicornis (Möller) Kobayasi
• Holtermannia pinguis (Holterm.) Sacc. & Traverso
• Holtermannia prolifera (Pat.) Kobayasi
• Holtermannia pulchella (Pat. & Har.) Kobayasi

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Holtermannia Sacc. & Traverso, 1910". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

External links

• Holtermannia in Index Fungorum

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