Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (18 February 1810 – 12 October 1858) was a German theologian, naturalist and school teacher. He collected numerous specimens of fungi, plants and insects from the Mecklenburg region. He is commemorated in the fungus genus ''

Wuestneia ''Wuestneia'' is a genus of fungi within the Melanconidaceae family. The genus was circumscribed by Bernhard Auerswald ex Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in Arch. Vereins Freunde Naturgesch. Mecklenburg vol,13 on page 177 in 1859 (Secondar ...

''. Wüstnei was born in

Malchin Malchin () is a town in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It offers some notable landmarks, such as two Brick Gothic town gates, a medieval defense tower, the Gothic town church of St. Johannis a ...

where his father was a physician. He studied theology at Rostock from 1830 but went on to study mathematics and botany under Hermann Karsten and Heinrich Gustav Flörke. He became a teacher of mathematics and natural science at Schwerin from 1835. He collected plants from the Mecklenburg region and also exchanged specimens from other parts of the world with collectors. He took a special interest in the

moss Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...

and lichens. He took a minor interest in birds but his son Carl Wüstnei became a specialist on the birds of the Mecklenburg region. He collaborated with

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and others. Species named after him include the fungus genus ''Wuestneia'', the bee ''

Anthidium wuestneii ''Anthidium wuestneii'' is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. The species name commemorates the collector Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei Karl Georg Gustav Wüstnei (18 February 1810 – 12 Octo ...

'', and the sawfly ''

Brachythops wuestneii ''Brachythops'' is a genus of insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The genus was first described by Haliday in 1839. The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America. Species: * ''Brachythops flavens'' (Klug, 181 ...

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{{Authority control 1810 births 1858 deaths 19th-century German botanists People from Malchin Scientists from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania University of Rostock alumni People from Schwerin German naturalists