Harry Delbert Thiers (January 22, 1919 in
Fort McKavett, Texas
Fort McKavett is a ghost town in Menard County, Texas, United States that was occupied for a while by local Hispanics after its decommissioning as a fort until the 1970s. It lies at the intersections of Farm to Market Road 864 and Farm to Market ...
– August 8, 2000 in Ohio) was an American
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 ...
who studied and named many fungi native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...
. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of
bolete
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A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique mushroom cap. The cap is clearly different from the stem. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surf ...
s and named many new species.
Species authored include:
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Suillellus amygdalinus''
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Boletus barrowsii
''Boletus barrowsii'', also known in English as the white king bolete after its pale colored cap, is an edible and highly regarded fungus in the genus ''Boletus'' that inhabits western North America. Found under ponderosa pine and live oak in a ...
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Xerocomellus dryophilus''
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Rubroboletus pulcherrimus
''Rubroboletus pulcherrimus''—known as ''Boletus pulcherrimus'' until 2015—is a species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It is a large bolete from Western North America with distinguishing features that include a netted surface on the ...
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Gymnopilus luteoviridis
''Gymnopilus luteoviridis'' is a widely distributed mushroom-forming fungus of the Eastern United States that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.
Description
* Pileus: 2.5-4 cm in diameter, moderately thick (4–5 mm), ...
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Leccinum manzanitae
''Leccinum manzanitae'' is an edible species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1971, it is commonly known as the manzanita bolete for its usual mycorrhizal association with manzanita trees. Its fruit bod ...
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Russula xanthoporphyrea''
The fungal genera of ''
Chaetothiersia'' and ''
Harrya'' ,
and also the species of ''
Cortinarius thiersii'' were all named in his honor.
References
External links
"MSSF mourns Harry Thiers"by Mike Boom, ''
Mycena News'' 50(9):1,7, September 2000.
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American mycologists
People from Menard County, Texas
1919 births
2000 deaths
20th-century American botanists
San Francisco State University alumni