Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm (20 October 1828, Ederheim – 1 April 1916,

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) 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. He studied at the Universities of

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and

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, earning his medical doctorate in 1852. During his career, he was a practicing physician in

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(from 1854), Sugenheim (from 1857) and

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(from 1871). In 1875, he became regional medical examiner in

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.Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

Publications (including published schedae ot his
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series)

*Rehm, H. 1874. Ascomyceten Fasc. 5: 201-250 *----. 1875. Ascomyceten 6: 251-300 *----. 1881, publ. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 20: 97-103 *----. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 21 (8): 113–123. *----. 1883. Ascomyceten Fasc. XV: 701-750 *----. 1883. Ascomycetes Lojkani Lecti in Hungaria, Transilvania et Galicia. -iv 70. Berlin; Friedländer & Sohn *----. 1883. Ascomyceten fasc. XIV. Hedwigia 22: 52-61 *----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVI. Hedwigia 24: 7-17 *----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVII. Hedwigia 24 (6): 225-246 *----. 1888. Ascomyceten 923, in sched. *----. 1888. Ascomyceten fasc. XIX. Hedwigia 27: 163-175 *----. 1889. Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. Dr L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1. 3. Abth: Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. 209-336 *----. 1889. Ascomyceten, Fasc. XX. Hedwigia 5: 347-358

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In 1861, the fungal genus ''Rehmia'' was named after him by lichenologist

August von Krempelhuber August von Krempelhuber (14 September 1813 – 2 October 1882) was a German lichenologist born in Munich. Born into nobility, he studied forestry at the University of Munich. Through his work in forestry, he developed an interest in lichens, sub ...

, it is now a synonym of ''

Rhizocarpon ''Rhizocarpon'' is a genus of crustose, saxicolous (or sometimes lichenicolous), lichens in the family Rhizocarpaceae. The genus is common in arctic-alpine environments, but also occurs throughout temperate, subtropical, and even tropical region ...

''. Other mycological genera that were named after him include; '' Rehmiella'' , ''Neorehmia'' now '' Trichosphaerella'', ''Rehmiellopsis'' now '' Delphinella'', '' Rehmiodothis'' , '' Discorehmia'' and ''

Rehmiomycella ''Rehmiomycella'' is a genus of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (''incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its br ...

'' .

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German mycologists 1828 births 1916 deaths German lichenologists People from Donau-Ries {{mycologist-stub

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