Robert Kühner
Robert Kühner | |
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 Robert Kühner | |
| Born | 15 March 1903 Paris |
| Died | 27 February 1996 (aged 92) Lyon |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Known for | Agaricales |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Institutions | University of Lyon |
Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris – 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many forms of agaric (mushroom fungus) genera.
He studied at the Sorbonne, afterwards from 1921 until 1932, he was working as a high school teacher in Lille. Then, from 1938 until 1973, he was associated with the Faculty of Sciences at Lyon.[1][2]
He was honoured in 1946, with Kuehneromyces, which is a genus of fungi in the family Strophariaceae.[3]
Selected works
[edit]- Contribution à l'étude des hyménomycètes et spécialement des agaricacés, 1926 - Contribution to the study of Hymenomycetes and especially of Agaricales.
- Le genre Galera (Fries) Quélet, 1935 - The genus Galera (Fries) Quélet.
- Le genre Mycena (Fries) Étude cytologique et systématique des espèces d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, 1938 - The genus Mycena (Fries), cytological and systematic studies of species native to Europe and North America.
- Flore analytique des champignons supérieurs (agarics, bolets, chanterelles), 1953 - Analysis of major mushrooms (agarics, boletes, chanterelles).
- Compléments à la "Flore analytique, 1954 - Additions to the "Flora analytique".[4]
- Agaricales de la zone alpine: Amanitacées, 1972 - Agaricales of the Alpine zone: Amanitaceae.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lamoure D, Miller Jr OK (1999). "Robert Kühner, 1903–1996". Mycologia. 91 (4): 707–13. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061072. JSTOR 3761259.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ "Kuehneromyces Singer & A.H.Sm". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ^ ISREF.fr (bibliography)
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Kühner.
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