Harzia

Harzia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Coronophorales
Family:	Ceratostomataceae
Genus:	Harzia Costantin
Synonyms
Acremoniella Sylloge Fungorum 4: 302 (1886)[1][2] Monosporium Linig. Hyph.: 17 (1872) [1871][2][3] MonopodiumDelacr., Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 6 (1): 99 (1890)[2][4] Eidamia Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora, Pilze - Fungi imperfecti 1(8): 124 (1904)[2][5][6]

Harzia is a genus of seed-borne fungus that occurs in the soil.^[7][8] It has been categorized in the Ceratostomataceae family.^[9] The genus Harzia originally contained three accepted species: Harzia acremonioides, Harzia verrucose, and Harzia velatea.^[7] Within the genus Harzia, Harzia acremonioides is one of the most common species that can be found in all climate regions around the world.^[7]

The genus name of Harzia is in honour of Carl Otto Harz (1842-1906), who was a German mycologist, pharmacist and botanist.^[10]

The genus and species Harzia acremonioides, was circumscribed by Julien Noël Costantin in Muced. Simples (Paris) on page 42 in 1888.^[11]