Lahmia

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 . 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). The genus of Lahmia was circumscribed by Gustav Wilhelm Koerber in Parerga Lichenol on page 281 in 1861.