Daldinia is a genus of fungi in the family Hypoxylaceae.
The genus name of Daldinia is in honour of Agostino Daldini (1817âÂÂ1895), a Swiss clergyman and botanist, a Capuchin friar from Locarno.
The genus was circumscribed by Vincenzo de Cesati in 1863.
, Species Fungorum (in the Catalogue of Life) accept 56 species of Daldinia: