Emil Müller (March 5, 1920 – April 2, 2008) was a Swiss
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 ...
. He specialised in the study of the
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
of the
ascomycetes
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
. Müller was the editor of the scientific journal ''
Sydowia
''Sydowia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Dothioraceae described by Giacomo Bresadola in 1895. The name honours German mycologist, Paul Sydow.
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;
* '' Sydowia agharkarii''
* '' Sydowia ceanothi''
...
'' for several years, taking over the position after the death of the previous editor and founder,
Franz Petrak
Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist.
From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913 he obtaine ...
, in 1973. Müller published more than 200 papers in his scientific career. He was well known in the mycological community for two
taxonomic
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
publications co-authored with his colleague J.A. von Arx: ''Die Gattungen der amerosporen Pyrenomyceten'' (Genera of the amerosporous Pyrenomycetes, 1954) and ''Die Gattungen der didymosporen Pyrenomyceten'' (Genera of didymosporous Pyrenomycetes, 1962).
In 1968, botanist
Lennart Holm
Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
*Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish go ...
published ''
Muellerites'', which is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
in the class
Dothideomycetes
Dothideomycetes is the largest and most diverse class of ascomycete fungi. It comprises 11 orders 90 families, 1300 genera and over 19,000 known species. Traditionally, most of its members were included in the loculoascomycetes, which is not par ...
and named after Emil. Then in 1968, ''
Muelleromyces'' (the family
Phyllachoraceae
Phyllachoraceae is a family of sac fungi.
Genera
As accepted by 2020 Outline (with amount of species per genus);
*'' Ascovaginospora'' (1)
*'' Brobdingnagia'' (4)
*'' Camarotella'' (8)
*'' Coccodiella'' (27)
*'' Cyclodomus'' (5)
*'' Des ...
) was published.
See also
*
List of mycologists
This is a non-exhaustive list of mycologists, or scientists with a specialisation in mycology, with their author abbreviations. Because the study of lichens is traditionally considered a branch of mycology, lichenologists are included in this lis ...
References
1920 births
2008 deaths
Swiss mycologists
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