Robert Joseph Bandoni (11 November 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a

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 ...

who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the

heterobasidiomycetes Heterobasidiomycetes, including jelly fungi, smuts and rusts, are basidiomycetes with Septum, septate Basidium, basidia. This contrasts them to homobasidiomycetes (alternatively called holobasidiomycetes), including most mushrooms and other Agari ...

(“jelly fungi”). During his 50 years as professor at the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

, he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989. In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.

Biography

Robert "Bob" Joseph Bandoni was born November 9, 1926 in Weeks, Nevada to Giuseppe and Albina Bandoni. He went to high school in

Hawthorne, Nevada Hawthorne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Mineral County, Nevada, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 3,269, a decrease since the 2000 census, when it was 3,311. It is the county seat of Mineral County. The nearby Hawtho ...

and received a Bachelor of Science from the

University of Nevada The University of Nevada, Reno (Nevada, the University of Nevada, or UNR) is a public land-grant research university in Reno, Nevada. It is the state's flagship public university and primary land grant institution. It was founded on October 12 ...

in 1953. He then studied under

George Willard Martin George Willard Martin (October 27, 1886 – September 11, 1971) was an American mycologist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He received a bachelor of literature degree in 1912, and a Master of Science degree in 1915, both from Rutgers Universit ...

at the

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and received his Ph.D. in 1957. The title of his thesis was: "Taxonomic studies of the genus ''Tremella'' (Tremellaceae). That same year, he received the Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship at the

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

and became assistant professor of Botany at the

University of Wichita Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...

. In 1958 Bandoni joined the Botany faculty at the

(UBC). He helped found th
Vancouver Mycological Society
in the 1970s. He was awarded the status of professor emeritus in 1989. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009 from a stroke.

Mycological and botanical contributions

Bandoni mainly studied the

, commonly known as the "Jelly Fungi". His early publications were of a classical taxonomical nature, writing descriptions of the macro- and micro-morphology via the light microscope. In the early 1970s Bandoni started studying aquatic fungi that occur in terrestrial environments. He published a paper in the journal ''

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'' that explained how spores can travel upwards on a monolayer of water on a leaf surface. In the 1980s Bandoni collaborated with Franz Oberwinkler and colleagues at the

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to produce over 20 papers on the Jelly Fungi and allies. They described new species, genera, families and orders. They used TEM and SEM micrographs to investigate the significance of septal pore structures, began revising the classical phylogenetic classification and to demonstrate parasitism between Jelly Fungi and other fungi. Bandoni collaborated with mycologists in Japan and other Asian countries. He was research fellow in 1983 at the

University of Tsukuba is a public university, public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Pro ...

and spent a sabbatical year at the University of Osaka. He wrote two field guides to Thailand mushrooms. Bandoni contributed to multiple publications on taxonomy in the Jelly Fungi up until his death. In addition to scientific publications, Bandoni also contributed to several influential books. He contributed to ''Plant diversity: An evolutionary approach''; a book written by the UBC Botany Faculty that "put the Botany Department onto the North American textbook bestseller list for almost a decade". He also contributed to the 570 page textbook ''Nonvascular plants: An evolutionary survey''. In 1964 he co-authored with Adam Szczawinski a field guide titled ''Guide to common mushrooms of British Columbia''.

Taxa described

* '' Achroomyces abditus'' (Bandoni) Hauerslev 1993 * '' Agaricostilbum hyphaenes'' (Har. & Pat.) Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Aleurodiscus gigasporus'' Ginns & Bandoni 1991 * '' Aleurodiscus subglobosporus'' Ginns & Bandoni 1991 * '' Atractiella columbiana'' Bandoni & Inderb. 2002 * ''

Atractiella delectans ''Atractiella'' is a genus of fungi in the Phleogenaceae The Phleogenaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Atractiellales. The family currently contains 7 genera and 54 species. References External link ...

'' (Möller) Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Atractiella solani ''Atractiella'' is a genus of fungi in the Phleogenaceae The Phleogenaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order (biology), order Atractiellales. The family currently contains 7 genera and 54 species. References External link ...

'' (Cohn & J. Schröt.) Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Atractiellales The Atractiellomycetes are class of fungi in the Pucciniomycotina subdivision of the Basidiomycota. The class consists of a single order, the Atractiellales, which contains 3 families, 10 genera, and 34 species. '' Leucogloea'' and ''Hobsonia' ...

'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Atractogloea Atractogloeaceae is a fungal family in the order Atractiellales. The family contains the single genus ''Atractogloea'', which in turn contains the single species ''Atractogloea stillata'', found in the USA. See also * List of Basidiomycota fami ...

'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Atractogloea stillata Atractogloeaceae is a fungal family in the order Atractiellales. The family contains the single genus ''Atractogloea'', which in turn contains the single species ''Atractogloea stillata'', found in the USA. See also * List of Basidiomycota fami ...

'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Bullera aurantiaca ''Bullera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Bulleraceae. The genus, which comprises both anamorphic and teleomorphic forms, formerly contained some 35 species. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however ass ...

'' B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984 * ''

Bullera globispora ''Bullera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Bulleraceae. The genus, which comprises both anamorphic and teleomorphic forms, formerly contained some 35 species. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however ass ...

'' B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984 * ''

Bullera miyagiana ''Bullera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Bulleraceae. The genus, which comprises both anamorphic and teleomorphic forms, formerly contained some 35 species. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however ass ...

'' Nakase, Itoh, Takem. & Bandoni 1990 * ''

Bullera salicina ''Bullera'' is a genus of fungi in the family Bulleraceae. The genus, which comprises both anamorphic and teleomorphic forms, formerly contained some 35 species. Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however ass ...

'' B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984 * '' Calacogloea'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1991 * '' Calacogloea peniophorae'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1991 * '' Carcinomyces'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Carcinomyces effibulatus'' (Ginns & Sunhede) Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Carcinomyces mycetophilus'' (Peck) Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * ''

Carcinomycetaceae The Carcinomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Tremellales. The family currently contains a single genus. Some species produce filamentous sexual states with basidia and are parasites of other fungi. Some, however, are only known from ...

'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Chionosphaera phylaciicola'' (Seifert & Bandoni) R. Kirschner & Oberw. 2001 * ''

Chionosphaeraceae The Chionosphaeraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricostilbales. The family contains six genera. Some species form small, stilboid (pin-shaped) fruitbodies. Others are known only from their yeast Yeasts are eukaryotic, single-cel ...

'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Christiansenia subgen. Carcinomyces'' (Oberw. & Bandoni) F. Rath 1991 * '' Cladoconidium'' Bandoni & Tubaki 1985 * '' Cladoconidium articulatum'' Bandoni & Tubaki 1985 * '' Colacogloea'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1991 * '' Colacogloea allantospora'' Ginns & Bandoni 2002 * '' Colacogloea peniophorae'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Oberw. & Bandoni 1991 * '' Cystofilobasidiaceae'' K. Wells & Bandoni 2001 * '' Cystofilobasidium'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1983 * '' Cystofilobasidium bisporidii'' (Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni 1983 * '' Cystofilobasidium bisporidiis'' (Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni 1983 * '' Cystofilobasidium capitatum'' (Fell, I.L. Hunter & Tallman) Oberw. & Bandoni 1983 * '' Dacrymyces aquaticus'' Bandoni & G.C. Hughes 1984 * '' Dioszegia aurantiaca'' (B.N. Johri & Bandoni) M. Takash., T. Deák & Nakase 2001 * '' Entomocorticium'' H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw. 1987 * '' Entomocorticium dendroctoni'' H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw. 1987 * '' Exidiopsis paniculata'' K. Wells & Bandoni 1987 * '' Exidiopsis punicea'' K. Wells & Bandoni 1987 * '' Fibulobasidium'' Bandoni 1979 * '' Fibulobasidium inconspicuum'' Bandoni 1979 * '' Fibulobasidium sirobasidioides'' Bandoni 1998 * '' Fibulostilbum phylacicola'' Seifert & Bandoni 1992 * '' Fibulostilbum phylaciicola'' Seifert & Bandoni 1992 * '' Filobasidium elegans'' Bandoni & Oberw. 1991 * '' Filobasidium globisporum'' Bandoni & Oberw. 1991 * '' Galzinia culmigena'' (R.K. Webster & D.A. Reid) B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1975 * '' Helicobasidium corticioides'' Bandoni 1955 * '' Herpobasidium australe'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1984 * '' Ingoldiella nutans'' Bandoni & Marvanová 1989 * '' Insolibasidium'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1984 * '' Insolibasidium deformans'' (C.J. Gould) Oberw. & Bandoni 1984 * '' Mycogloea amethystina'' Bandoni 1998 * '' Mycogloea bullatospora'' Bandoni 1998 * '' Mycogloea nipponica'' Bandoni 1998 * '' Myxarium allantosporum'' K. Wells & Bandoni 2004 * '' Naiadella'' Marvanová & Bandoni 1987 * '' Naiadella fluitans'' Marvanová & Bandoni 1987 * '' Platygloea abdita'' Bandoni 1959 * '' Platygloea jacksonii'' Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000 * '' Pleotrachelus itersoniliae'' (D.J.S. Barr & Bandoni) M.W. Dick 2001 * '' Pseudozyma'' Bandoni emend. Boekhout 1985 * '' Pseudozyma prolifica'' Bandoni 1985 * '' Ptechetelium'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1984 * '' Ptechetelium cyatheae'' (Syd.) Oberw. & Bandoni 1984 * '' Rozella itersoniliae'' D.J.S. Barr & Bandoni 1980 * '' Sigmogloea'' Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000 * '' Sigmogloea tremelloidea'' Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000 * '' Sirotrema'' Bandoni 1986 * '' Sirotrema parvula'' Bandoni 1986 * '' Sirotrema pusilla'' Bandoni 1986 * '' Sirotrema translucens'' (H.D. Gordon) Bandoni 1986 * '' Sporobolomyces lactophilus'' Nakase, Itoh, M. Suzuki & Bandoni 1990 * '' Sporobolomyces salicinus'' (B.N. Johri & Bandoni) Nakase & Itoh 1988 * '' Stilbotulasnella'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1982 * '' Stilbotulasnella conidiophora'' Bandoni & Oberw. 1982 * '' Tetragoniomyces'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1981 * '' Tetragoniomyces uliginosus'' (P. Karst.) Oberw. & Bandoni 1981 * '' Tetragoniomycetaceae'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1981 * '' Tilletiaria'' Bandoni & B.N. Johri 1972 * '' Tilletiaria anomala'' Bandoni & B.N. Johri 1972 * '' Tremella armeniaca'' Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997 * '' Tremella aurantialba'' Bandoni & M. Zang 1990 * '' Tremella guttaeformis'' (Berk. & Broome) Bandoni 1961 * '' Tremella guttiformis'' (Berk. & Broome) Bandoni 1961 * '' Tremella lilacea'' Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997 * '' Tremella mesenterella'' Bandoni & Ginns 1999 * '' Tremella nigrifacta'' Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997 * '' Tremella phaeographidis'' Diederich, Coppins & Bandoni 1996 * '' Tremella roseolutescens'' Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997 * '' Tremella subencephala'' Bandoni & Ginns 1993 * '' Tremellina'' Bandoni 1986 * '' Tremellina pyrenophila'' Bandoni 1986 * '' Trimorphomyces'' Bandoni & Oberw. 1983 * '' Trimorphomyces papilionaceus'' Oberw. & Bandoni 1983

Honors and memberships

* Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship * George Lawson Medal * Mycological Society of Japan * Mycological Society of America

Eponymous taxa

* '' Bandonia'' * '' Bandoniozyma''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bandoni, Robert Joseph Canadian mycologists 1926 births 2009 deaths University of Nevada alumni University of Iowa alumni University of British Columbia Faculty of Science faculty