Ferdinand Theissen (27 July 1877 in

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

– 5 September 1919) was a German-Austrian Jesuit priest and mycologist. He studied

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at the seminary in

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, then from 1902 to 1908 was stationed in

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, Brazil. Following his return to Europe he continued his studies in Valkenburg and Innsbruck, and in 1914 returned to Feldkirch as a schoolteacher. He died in September 1919 as a result of a climbing accident during a collection excursion in the Vorarlberg Alps. He was the author or co-author of numerous mycological taxa; with Hans Sydow he co-described the families

Botryosphaeriaceae The Botryosphaeriaceae are a family of sac fungi (Ascomycetes), which is the type representative of the order Botryosphaeriales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 26 genera and over 1500 species. Members of this order include no ...

, Dothioraceae, Phyllachoraceae and

Polystomellaceae The Polystomellaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement 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 ...

. The genus '' Theissenia'' was named after him by

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(1914).

Selected writings

* ''Fragmenta brasilica'' (5 parts, 1908–12) in '' Annales Mycologici''. * ''Die Hypocreaceen von Rio Grande do Sul, Südbrasilien'' (1911) in ''Annales Mycologici'' – Hypocreaceae of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. * ''Decades Fungorum Brasiliensium'', (1911). It is an exsiccata-like work. * ''Le genre Asterinella'' (1912) – The genus '' Asterinella''. * ''Zur Revision der Gattungen Microthyrium und Seynesia'' (1912–13) in ''Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift'' – Revision of the genera '' Microthyrium'' and '' Seynesia''. * ''Lembosia-Studien'' (1913) – '' Lembosia'' studies. * ''Dothideazeen-Studien'' (2 parts, 1914; with Hans Sydow) in ''Annales Mycologici'' –

Dothideaceae The ''Dothideaceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Dothideales. Species in this family have a widespread distribution, especially in tropical areas. Genera As accepted by Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to ...

studies. * ''Die Dothideales. Kritisch-systematisch Originaluntersuchungen'' (1915; with Hans Sydow) in ''Annales Mycologici'' – The

Dothideales Dothideales are an order of bitunicate fungi consisting mainly of saprobic or plant parasitic species. Description Taxa in this order are characterized by the absence of a hamathecium (defined as hyphae or other tissues between asci) in a l ...

. * ''Studie über Botryosphaeria'' (1916) in ''Annales Mycologici'' – Studies of the genus ''

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''. * ''Die Gattung Parodiella'', (1917) in ''Annales Mycologici'' – The genus ''Parodiella''.Cybertruffle
(List of scientific papers)

References and notes

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