Max Britzelmayr (7 January 1839 – 6 December 1909) was a German

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 ...

and lichenologist who was a native of

Augsburg Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...

. He spent his career as a schoolteacher and ''Kreisschulinspektor'' (school district administrator) in

. He is known for his research of a class of

fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

known as Hymenomycetes. He also conducted investigations of

lichens A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus, fungi species in a mutualism (biology), mutualistic relationship.Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

, including the

Allgäu Alps The Allgäu Alps (german: Allgäuer Alpen) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, located in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany and Tyrol and Vorarlberg in Austria. The range lies directly east of Lake Constance. Character ...

.Lichenology.org Schlechtendalia
(biographical information)

List of Publications

* ''Dermini und Melanospori aus Südbayern'', (Dermini and Melanspora of southern

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

); (1883) * ''Hymenomyceten aus Südbayern'', ( Hymenomycetes of southern Bavaria); (1894) * ''Zur Hymenomyceten-Kunde'', (Study of Hymenomycetes); (1895) * ''Materialien zur Beschreibung der Hymenomyceten'', (Materials for the description of Hymenomycetes); (1897). Botanisches Zentralblatt 71: 49–59, 87–96. * ''Die Lichenen der Allgäuer Alpen''. (Lichens of the

); (1900), Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg (A. V.) in Augsburg 34: 73–139.

References

Pilzverein Augsburg Königsbrunn
(translated biography of Max Britzelmayr)

German mycologists German lichenologists Scientists from Augsburg 1839 births 1909 deaths {{Germany-botanist-stub

List of Publications

See also

References