Lahmia
Genus of fungi
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Lahmia is a genus of fungi in the phylum Ascomycota, or sac fungi. It is the only genus in the family Lahmiaceae and the order Lahmiales.[2][3]
| Lahmia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Lahmiales O.E. Erikss. |
| Family: | Lahmiaceae O.E. Erikss. |
| Genus: | Lahmia Körb. |
| Type species | |
| Lahmia kunzei (Flot.) Körb. | |
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The genus name of Lahmia is in honour of Johann Gottlieb Franz-Xaver Lahm (1811-1888), who was a German clergyman and botanist (Lichenology and Mycology).[4] The genus of Lahmia was circumscribed by Gustav Wilhelm Koerber in Parerga Lichenol on page 281 in 1861.