Jean Louis Émile Boudier (6 January 1828, in Garnay – 4 February 1920, in

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) was a

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who lived in Montmorency,

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. He published a fair amount about the Discomycetes and other areas of

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. He often used Émile as his first name. He received his education at the École de Pharmacie de Paris, and in 1853, established a pharmacy in

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. He then became manager of his father's pharmacy, where he worked for many years. In 1878, he retired as a pharmacist in order to devote his time to scientific research.BOUDIER Jean Louis Émile
Sociétés savantes de France He was a founding member of the

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(vice-president 1884; president 1887–90) and an honorary member of the

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. He named several species including '' Amanita franchetii'', '' Disciotis venosa'', '' Ptychoverpa bohemica'', and '' Trichoglossum hirsutum''. Megacollybia platyphylla Boudier

In 1897, botanist Pier Andrea Saccardo Sacc. published '' Boudierella'' which is a genus of fungi in the family

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and named in Jean Louis Émile Boudier's honor.

Selected publications

* 1897: ''Révision analytique des morilles de France'' (Taxonomic revision of the morels of France). * 1901: ''Influence de la nature du sol et les vegetaux qui y croissant sur le développement des champignons'' (The influence of the nature of the soil and the plants growing in the area on the development of fungi). * 1904-1909: ''Icones mycologicae ou iconographie des champignons de France, principalement Discomycètes'' (Mycological pictures or iconography of the mushrooms of France, especially the Discomycetes); Boudier's magnum opus.A Brief History of Mycological Illustration
Harvard University Herbaria * 1907: ''Histoire et classification des Discomycètes d'Europe''. * 1911: ''La fresque de Plaincourault (Indre)'' (The fresco of Plaincourault (Indre).

External links

"Jean Louis Émile Boudier"
Historical Index of Mycologists, ''Illinois Mycological Society''.

References

20th-century French botanists French mycologists French pharmacists Scientists from Paris People from Eure-et-Loir 1828 births 1920 deaths 19th-century French botanists {{France-botanist-stub

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