Robert Kühner Explained
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]
He was honoured in 1946, with Kuehneromyces, which is a genus of fungi in the family Strophariaceae.[2]
Selected works
- 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".[3]
- Agaricales de la zone alpine: Amanitacées, 1972 - Agaricales of the Alpine zone: Amanitaceae.[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
- Web site: Kuehneromyces Singer & A.H.Sm. . www.gbif.org . 23 May 2022 . en.
- http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2004-22240 WorldCat Identities
- http://www.idref.fr/031682030 ISREF.fr
