Heinrich Georg Winter (1 October 1848 in Leipzig – 16 August 1887) was a German mycologist.
Beginning in 1870, he studied natural sciences at the Universities of Leipzig, Munich and Halle, obtaining his habilitation in 1875 from the Polytechnic Confederation in Zurich.
[1] and was editor of several exsiccatae, for example of the large specimen series named L. Rabenhorstii fungi Europaei et extraeuropaei exsiccati, Klotzschii herbarii vivi mycologici continuatio.
[5][6] From 1871 to 1879, he was co-editor of the journal "Hedwigia", from 1879 until his death, he served as its editor.
[2] With Anton de Bary and Heinrich Rehm, he was co-author of Die Pilze Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz.