Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

– 23 June 1862 in

Lambersart Lambersart () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. This commune is located in the Métropole Européenne de Lille, and is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its northwest side. Inhabitants of the town are called ...

) was a merchant of

and an amateur

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 ...

. He was the

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of the scientific journals "'' Annales des sciences naturelles''" and the "'' Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille''". He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851) and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861). In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus '' Mycoderma'', titled "''Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma''". He was the binomial author of the fungi species '' Agaricus radians'' and ''

Aspergillus clavatus ''Aspergillus clavatus'' is a species of fungus in the genus ''Aspergillus'' with conidia dimensions 3–4.5 x 2.5–4.5 μm. It is found in soil and animal manure. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1834 by the French mycologist ...

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Aspergillus clavatus

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*'' Desmazierella'' , genus of of fungi in the family

Sarcoscyphaceae The ''Sarcoscyphaceae'' are a family of cup fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions. Genera A 2008 estimate placed 13 genera and 102 species in ...

, *''Desmazieria'' (now ''

Ramalina ''Ramalina'' is a genus of greenish fruticose lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichensField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 201 ...

''and '' Niebla'', genera of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Neoascochyta desmazieri'' , species of fungi, (syn. ''Ascochyta desmazieri'') *'' Cainia desmazieri'' *'' Meloderma desmazieri''

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works by John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières
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