Cordierites

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

{{Distinguish|Cordierite}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cordierites frondosus.jpg

| image_caption = Cordierites frondosus

| taxon = Cordierites

| authority = Mont. (1840)

| type_species = Cordierites guianensis

| type_species_authority = Mont. (1840)

}}

Cordierites is a genus of fungi in the family Cordieritidaceae.

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 Société botanique de France in 1872.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, Vol.14 on page 330 in 1840.