Heinrich Georg Winter

{{Short description|German mycologist}} '''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 [[University of Leipzig|Leipzig]], [[University of Munich|Munich]] and [[University of Halle|Halle]], obtaining his habilitation in 1875 from the [[ETH Zurich|Polytechnic Confederation in Zurich]].<ref name=MJ>[http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Authors/HGWinter1228.html The Mushroom Journal] (biographical information)</ref><ref name=GB>[https://books.google.com/books?id=G_YEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA413 Annals of Botany, Volume 1] edited by Isaac Bayley Balfour, Roland Thaxter, Vernon Herbert Blackman</ref>

He is the [[binomial authority|taxonomic authority]] of [[Sordariaceae]], a family of [[perithecial]] fungi.<ref>[http://www.bioinfo.org.uk/html/Sordariaceae.htm SORDARIACEAE G. Winter, 1885 (a family of ascomycetes)]</ref> In 1880 he described the order [[Ustilaginales]] ([[smut fungi]]).<ref>[http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=3051 Taxon: Family Ustilaginaceae Tul. & C. Tul., 1847]</ref> He also conducted anatomical and morphological research of [[crustose]] [[lichens]].<ref name=MJ/> and was editor of several [[exsiccata|exsiccatae]].<ref name="Triebel & Scholz 2001-2025">Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2025 ''IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae''. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.</ref> 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).<ref>{{cite web |title=L. Rabenhorstii fungi Europaei et extraeuropaei exsiccati, Klotzschii herbarii vivi mycologici continuatio. Editio nova. Series secunda: IndExs ExsiccataID=235712707 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=235712707 |access-date=25 September 2024}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Schweizerische Kryptogamen. Unter Mitwirkung mehrerer Botaniker. Gesammelt und herausgegeben von Dr. B. Wartmann und B. Schenk: IndExs ExsiccataID=91343760 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=91343760 |access-date=12 December 2025}}</ref>

From 1871 to 1879, he was co-editor of the journal "Hedwigia", from 1879 until his death, he served as its editor.<ref name=GB/> With [[Anton de Bary]] and [[Heinrich Rehm]], he was co-author of ''Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz''.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/242251 WorldCat Title] Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz</ref>

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