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] and was editor of exsiccatae. [5]
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. [6]
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] and was editor of exsiccatae. [5]
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. [6]