Frieder Gröger (June 15, 1934 - December 6, 2018) 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 ...

from

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. His official author citation is "Gröger".

Life

Frieder Gröger was a teacher for fifteen years until abandoning his job. After that he earned a living partly as a district fungus expert. Besides he was freelance active, mainly literary. Furthermore, he devoted himself to

mushroom hunting Mushroom hunting, mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom foraging, and similar terms describe the activity of gathering mushrooms in the wild, typically for culinary use. This practice is popular throughout most of Europe, Australia, Japan, K ...

, the alienation of the grouped goods, flower propagation and selling flowers and onions. Gröger significantly designed the ''Mykologische Mitteilungsblatt Halle'', which was distributed to the mushroom surveyors from

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

. Beyond that he actively worked on the fungus-themed journal ''Boletus'', which was later combined with the other journal in the 199ßs under this name unter dem Titel. Until he reached the age of 65 he proofreaded, reworked the manuscripts and performed paperwork. At this time his membership in the Federal Committee Mycology of the

Naturschutzbund Deutschland The Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. ("Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union") or NABU is a German non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to conservation at home and abroad, including the protection of rivers, forests and individu ...

(NABU). From then on he concentrated himself for the development of determination tables. First planned as ''Beiheft zur Zeitschrift für Mykologie'', the first part of the 2006 journal ''Bestimmungsschlüssel für Blätterpilze und Röhrlinge in Europa'' was released as the 13th volume of the Regensburger Mykologischen Schriften. He is member of the Pilzkundlichen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (PABB).

Works (selection)

Books

* with Franz Engel: ''Pilzwanderungen. Eine Pilzkunde für jedermann''. 23rd edition. A. Ziemsen, Wittenberg Lutherstadt 1989. 215 pages. . * ''Pilze und Wildfrüchte selbst gesammelt und zubereitet''. 3rd edition. Verlag für die Frau, Leipzig 1985. 144 pages. ASIN B001C3Q1TS. * with Alfred Birkfeld and Kurt Herschel: ''Pilze - Essbar oder giftig?'' 23rd edition, revised edition. A. Ziemsen, Wittenberg Lutherstadt 1990. 72 pages. . * ''Bestimmungsschlüssel für Blätterpilze und Röhrlinge in Europa. Teil I: Hauptschlüssel; Gattungsschlüssel; Artenschlüssel für Röhrlinge und Verwandte, Wachsblättler, hellblättrige Seitlinge, Hellblättler und Rötlinge''. In: ''Regensburger Mykologische Schriften'' 13. Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaft 2006. .

Single publications

* ''Zur Kenntnis von Lactarius semisanguifluus Heim et Leclair''. In: ''Westfälische Pilzbriefe'' 7. pp. 3–11. Pilzkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft in Westfalen 1968.
(the concerning taxon: ''

Lactarius deterrimus ''Lactarius deterrimus'', also known as false saffron milkcap or orange milkcap, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. The fungus produces medium-sized fruit bodies (mushrooms) with orangish caps up to wide that develop green spot ...

'') * ''Amanita submembranacea, ein leicht abgrenzbarer Scheidenstreifling''. In: ''Boletus'' 3(2). 1979. pp. 26–29.
(the concerning taxon: '' Amanita submembranacea'') * ''Phaeomarasmius pityroides (Brig. ss. Lge.) comb. nov., ein bemerkenswerter Schilfbewohner''. In: ''Westfälische Pilzbriefe'' 10-11. Pilzkundliche Arbeitsgemeinschaft in Westfalen 1980. pp. 180–183.
(the concerning taxon: ''Phaeomarasmius pityrodes'') * ''Was ist Hygrophorus leucophaeus Scop. ex Fr.?'' In: ''Zeitschrift für Mykologie'' 46(2). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie 1980. pp. 157–164.
(the concerning taxa: '' Hygrophorus carpini, Hygrophorus unicolor'') * ''Hebeloma-Arten mit sacchariolens-Geruch''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Mykologie'' 47. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie 1982. pp. 195–210.
(the concerning taxon: '' Hebeloma fusisporum, Hebeloma gigaspermum, Hebeloma latifolium, Hebeloma tomentosum'') * ''Bestimmungsschlüssel für Blätterpilze. Teil 2''. In: ''Mykologisches Mitteilungsblatt Halle'' 26. 1983. pp. 29–58.
(the concerning taxon: '' Hygrocybe calcarum'') * ''Hebeloma herrmanniae Gröger spec. nov., Runzeliger Fälbling''. In: ''Mykologisches Mitteilungsblatt Halle'' 28(1). 1985. pp. 5–8.
(the concerning taxon: '' Hebeloma herrmanniae'') * ''Eine neue Psathyrella-Art aus der Sektion Cystopsathyra''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Mykologie'' 52(1). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie 1986. pp. 133–138.
(the concerning taxon: '' Psathyrella globosivelata'') * ''Wurzelnde Hebeloma-Arten''. In: ''Zeitschrift für Mykologie'' 53. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie 1987. pp. 49–58.
(the concerning taxon: ''

Hebeloma danicum ''Hebeloma'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenogastraceae. Found worldwide, it contains the poison pie or fairy cakes ''(Hebeloma crustuliniforme)'' and the ghoul fungus ''( H. aminophilum)'', from Western Australia, which grows on rotting ...

'')

References

* (in German) Karin Montag: ''Dialog mit Frieder Gröger''. In: '' Der Tintling'' 2/2008, number 55. 27 June 2008. pp. 43–53. * (in German) Heinz Ebert: ''Bericht aus der mykologischen Provinz 19: Regensburger Mykologische Schriften, volume 13.'' In: ''DGfM-Mitteilungen – Zeitschrift für Mykologie'' 73(2). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Mykologie 2007. pp. 60–62.
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