Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky or in German version of his name Friedrich August Hazslinszky von Hazslin ( Késmárk Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Slovakia), 6 January 1818 – Eperjes, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia) , 16 September 1896) was a Hungarian

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...

and botanist. Upon completing his lyceum studies in Késmark (today

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, Slovakia), he studied philosophy, law, theology and chemistry, working concurrently as a teacher. After a stint as teacher in

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and

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, and further studies in Vienna, he became professor of physics and mathematic at the Lutheran College in Eperjes (today

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) in 1846. His scientific interests and contributions centered on the then Northern Hungarian – now

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n - flora, in particular one of the Szepesség, Orava and the Tatra Mountains. Hazslinszky published extensively in botany, pteridology and particularly in mycology. He published the first Hungarian plant identification guide in 1864 as well as over a hundred, mostly mycological papers and monographs, among them the monumental ''Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Flora der Karpathen'' in 9 parts. He was a full member of the

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. The genus ''

Hazslinszkya ''Melaspilea'' is a genus of lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi in the family Melaspileaceae. Taxonomy The genus was circumscribed by the Finnish lichenologist William Nylander in 1857. The taxonomy of the genus has undergone significant ...

'' was named in his honour by

Gustav Wilhelm Körber Gustav Wilhelm Körber (10 January 1817, Jelenia Góra, Hirschberg – 27 January 1885, Breslau) was a Silesian-German lichenologist and a professor at the University of Wrocław, University of Breslau. He specialized in the flora of Central Europ ...

in 1861.

Some taxa commemorating Hazslinszky

* ''

Sapindus ''Sapindus'' is a genus of about thirteen species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae and tribe Sapindeae. It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world. The genus includes both deciduous and evergree ...

Hazslinszkyi'' Ett. * ''

Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family (biology), family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few spe ...

Hazslinszkyii'' Ett. * ''Cedrella Hazsli''nszkyi Ung. * ''

Ranina ''Ranina'' is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae. It has two extant species. Distribution Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene ...

Hazslinszkyi'' Reuss; * ''Hazslinszkya gibberulosa'' Körber, * ''Peziza Hazslinszkyi'' Cooke, * ''Cryptospora Hazslinszkyi'' Rehm. * ''

Agaricus ''Agaricus'' is a genus of mushroom-forming fungi containing both edible and poisonous species, with over 400 members worldwide and possibly again as many disputed or newly discovered species. The genus includes the common ("button") mushroom ...

Hazslinszkyi'' Schulzer

Publications

* Complete bibliography on Worldca

References

* Z. Radwańska-Paryska, W. H. Paryski: ''Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska'', Wydawnictwo górskie, Poronin 1995., 403-404. * Karpatendeutsches biographisches Lexikon. Stuttgart 1988,

* Baráthová, N. & al. ''Osobnosti Kežmarku 1206 – 2009''. Jadro 2009

External links

Biography on Cybertruffle

Biography in Hungarian
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