was a Japanese
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 ...
of
Hokkaido Imperial University
, or , is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was the fifth Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutions of higher education or research. Hokkaido University is considered ...
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Eponymous taxa
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Clitocybe imaiana
''Clitocybe'' is a genus of mushrooms characterized by white, off-white, buff, cream, pink, or light-yellow spores, gills running down the stem, and pale white to brown or lilac coloration. They are primarily saprotrophic, decomposing forest grou ...
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Lactarius imaianus
''Lactarius'' is a genus of mushroom-producing, ectomycorrhizal fungi, containing several edible species. The species of the genus, commonly known as milk-caps, are characterized by the milky fluid ("latex") they exude when cut or damaged. Like ...
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Stropharia imaiana
The genus ''Stropharia'' (sometimes known by the common name roundheads) is a group of medium to large agarics with a distinct membranous ring on the stipe. Well-known members of this genus include the edible ''Stropharia rugosoannulata'' and the ...
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Selected publications
*Sanshi Imai (1929) "On the Clavariaceae of Japan: I". ''Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society'' Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 38–45.
*Sanshi Imai (1930) "On the Clavariaceae of Japan: II". ''Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society'' Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 70–77.
*Sanshi Imai (1931) "On the Clavariaceae of Japan: III. The species of ''Clavaria'' found in Hokkaido and Southern Saghalien". ''Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society'' Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 9–12.
*Sanshi Imai (1932) "Contributions to the knowledge of the classification of the Helvellaceae". ''Botanical Magazine (Tokyo)'' 46:544, pp. 172–175.
*Sanshi Imai (1932) "Studies on the Hypocreaceae of Japan: I. ''Podostroma''". ''Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society'' Vol. 12, pp. 114–118.
*Sanshi Imai (1933) "Studies on the Agaricaceae of Japan: I. Volvate Agarics in Hokkaido". ''Botanical Magazine (Tokyo)'' Vol. 47, No. 558, pp. 423–432.
See also
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:Taxa named by Sanshi Imai
References
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Japanese mycologists
Japanese phytopathologists
1900 births
1976 deaths
20th-century Japanese botanists
Hokkaido University faculty
20th-century agronomists