Josef Velenovský (22 April 1858 – 7 May 1949) was a Czech

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, and bryologist. He also worked with fossils. He was a research investigator and professor in the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague, alternating with his colleague Ladislav Josef Čelakovský. He was also professor of botany at

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, where he concentrated in the study of mycology in the final half of his life. Velenovský collected innumerable specimens, particularly in new central

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. He was a prolific author (or coauthor) of new fungal species, having formally described about 2700 in his career. Many of his

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specimens and other collections are located in the

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of the Národní Museum of Prague.

Eponymous taxa

*'' Notocactus velenovsky'' *'' Trifolium velenovskyi'' *'' Tortula velenovskyi'' *'' Centaurea velenovskyi'' *'' Astragalus velenovskyi'' *'' Russula velenovskyi'' *'' Naucoria velenovskyi'' *'' Galium velenovskyi'' *''

Entoloma velenovskyi ''Entoloma'' is a genus of fungi in the order Agaricales. Called pinkgills in English, basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are typically agaricoid (gilled mushrooms), though a minority are gasteroid. All have salmon-pink basidiospores which colour ...

'' *'' Daphne velenovskyi'' *'' Hilpertia velenovskyi'' *'' Cortinarius velenovskyanus'' *'' Cyanus velenovskyi'' *'' Mollisia velenovskyi''

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