Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in
Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near
Ruhlsdorf) was a German
mycologist and
lichenologist, father of
Hans Sydow
Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925).
Career
Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional mana ...
(1879–1946).
He worked as a schoolmaster in
Berlin
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. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of
ascomycetes,
rusts and
smuts. He also wrote about
algae. He authored 252 works in five languages.
[WorldCat Identities]
(publications)
Works
* Paul Sydow: ''Die Flechten Deutschlands : Anleitung zur Kenntnis und Bestimmung der deutschen Flechten'', 1887.
* Paul and Hans Sydow: ''Monographia Uredinearum : seu specierum omnium ad hunc usque diem cognitarum descriptio et adumbratio systematica'', 1904–1924.
*
Gustav Lindau
Gustav Lindau (2 May 1866 in Dessau – 10 October 1923 in Berlin), was a German mycologist and botanist.
Biography
Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). He co ...
and Paul Sydow: ''Thesaurus literaturae mycologicae et lichenologicae.'' (1908–1917, 5 volumes).
He also made contributions to volume 12 of
Pier Andrea Saccardo
Pier Andrea Saccardo (23 April 1845 in Treviso, Treviso – 12 February 1920 in Padua) was an Italian botanist and mycologist.
Life
Saccardo studied at the Lyceum in Venice, and then at the Technical Institute of the University of Padua wher ...
's ''Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum'', 1897,
[ as well as volume 11 of his ''Annales Mycologici''.]
Honours
Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including;
* '' Sydowia'' (family Dothioraceae) by Bres. in 1895
See also
* :Taxa named by Paul Sydow
References
External links
*
Paul Sydow biography
German mycologists
German lichenologists
1851 births
1925 deaths
People from Drawsko County
People from the Province of Pomerania
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