Paul Cruchet (25 September 1875,
Montpreveyres – 31 March 1964,
Morges
Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva.
History
Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ' ...
) was a Swiss
mycologist
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who specialized in parasitic fungi. His father, Denis Cruchet (1847–1926), was a minister and amateur mycologist.
In 1906 his received his doctorate in sciences at the
University of Lausanne
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, and afterwards worked as a secondary school teacher in
Payerne
Payerne (; frp, Payèrna) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the district of Payerne, and is now part of the district of Broye-Vully. The German name ''Peterlingen'' for the town is out of use.
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(from 1906) and Morges (from 1922). In 1924/25 he was president of the ''Société Vaudoise Sciences Naturelles'' (SVSN).
Selected writings
* ''Note sur deux nouveaux parasites du Polygonum alpinum'', L. Bulletin de l’Herbier Boissier Série 2 7: 245-247, (1908).
* '' Contribution à l’étude de la flore cryptogamique du Canton du Valais'', Bulletin de la Murithiènne 37: 10 pp., 1 fig (1911); with Denis Cruchet and
Eugéne Mayor.
* ''Contribution à l’étude des champignons du Valais''. Bull. Murithiènne 37: 94-99 (1912).
* ''Contribution à l’étude des uredinées''. Mykologisches Zentralblatt 3: 209-214, 2 figs (1913).
* ''Deux urédinées nouvelles''. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise de Sciences Naturelles 51: 73-79, 4 figs (1916).
* ''Contribution à l’étude des champignons parasites de l’engadine''. Jahrber. Naturf. Gesellsch. Graubunden N.F. 58: 12 pp (1918); with Eugéne Mayor.
* ''Herborisation mycologique à Montorge et au Sanetoch en août 1919''. Bull. Murithiènne 41: 67-69 (1921).
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References
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1875 births
1964 deaths
People from Lavaux-Oron District
University of Lausanne alumni
Swiss mycologists