''Cordierites'' is a

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in the family

Cordieritidaceae ''Cordieritidaceae'' is a family of fungi in the order Cyttariales. Species in this family are saprobes or lichenicolous. Description The ascomata of Cordieritidaceae species are apothecial, and range in shape from disc-shaped, cup-shaped, ...

. The genus name of ''Cordierites'' is in honour of François Simon Cordier (1797-1874), a French military doctor and botanist (Mycology), he was a founder member and president of the

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in 1872. The genus was

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Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (15 February 1784 – 5 December 1866) was a French military physician and botanist who specialized in the fields of bryology and mycology. Life Montague was born in the commune of Vaudoy in the depar ...

in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, Vol.14 on page 330 in 1840.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Cordierites'': *'' Cordierites acanthophorus'' *'' Cordierites boedijnii'' *'' Cordierites coralloides'' Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1869) *'' Cordierites fasciculata'' Möller (1901) *'' Cordierites guyanensis'' *'' Cordierites muscoides'' Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1875) *'' Cordierites umbilicarioides''

References

Leotiomycetes Leotiomycetes genera Taxa described in 1840 Taxa named by Camille Montagne {{Leotiomycetes-stub