Hildur Krog (22 March 1922 – 25 August 2014) was a Norwegian

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. She was born in

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. She took the dr.philos. degree in 1968 with a thesis on

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from 1987 to 1992. For 15 year from 1969 she collaborated with the British amateur lichenologist Dougal Swinscow to study the macrolichen flora of East Africa. They undertook field collections as well as characterisation and revision of the limited existing lichen knowledge of the region, presented in 33 scientific publications and a book ''The Macrolichens of East Africa'', British Museum (Natural History) in 1988. In 1992 Hildur Krog was awarded the

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by the

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She was a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Univer ...

. She died in 2014. Several lichen are named in her honour, including ''

Krogia ''Krogia'' is a genus of corticolous lichens in the family Ramalinaceae. It occurs in tropical humid forests and rainforests. The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian lichenologist Einar Timdal in 2002, with '' Krogia coralloides'' assigned as ...

'' which a

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corticolous lichen A corticolous lichen is a lichen that grows on bark.Alan Silverside's Lichen Glossary (a-f), Alan Silverside/ref> This is contrasted with lignicolous lichen, which grows on wood that has had the bark stripped from it,Alan Silverside's Lichen Glos ...

s in the family

Ramalinaceae The Ramalinaceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The family name is synonymous with the name ''Bacidiaceae''. Species of this family have a widespread distribution. Genera *'' Aciculopsora'' *''Adelolecia'' *''Arthr ...

. Also lichen species such as; '' Leptogium krogiae'', '' Dictyonema krogiae'', and '' Usnea krogiana''.

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1922 births 2014 deaths People from Modum 20th-century Norwegian botanists University of Oslo faculty Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Acharius Medal recipients Norwegian lichenologists Women lichenologists Fulbright alumni {{Norway-botanist-stub

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