Amédée Galzin (1 May 1853, Parrinet,

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

– 14 February 1925, Parrinet) was a French

veterinarian A veterinarian (vet), also known as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary physician, is a medical professional who practices veterinary medicine. They manage a wide range of health conditions and injuries in non-human animals. Along with this, vet ...

and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...

. In 1878 he obtained his degree from the veterinary college in

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

. From 1879 to 1905, he served as a military veterinarian, becoming a knight of the

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in 1899. With Abbé Hubert Bourdot, he was co-author of a series of publications (11 parts, 1909 to 1925) involving Hymenomycetes native to France; all parts being published in the ''Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France''. With Bourdot, he also wrote ''Heterobasidiae nondum descriptae'' (Descriptions of a few jelly fungi). With Bourdot, he was the taxonomic authority of the fungi genus ''

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Oxyporus as well as of numerous mycological species.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Galzin, Amedee 1853 births 1925 deaths People from Aveyron French mycologists