Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in

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– 23 June 1862 in

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) was a merchant of

and an amateur

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 ...

. He was the

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of the scientific journals "'' Annales des sciences naturelles''" and the "'' Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille''". He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851) and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861). In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus '' Mycoderma'', titled "''Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma''". He was the binomial author of the fungi species '' Agaricus radians'' and '' Aspergillus clavatus''.Mycobank
Aspergillus clavatus

Eponymous taxa

*'' Desmazierella'' , genus of fungi in the family

Sarcoscyphaceae The ''Sarcoscyphaceae'' are a family (biology), family of cup fungus, fungi in the order Pezizales. Members of the Sarcoscyphaceae are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan in distribution, found in both tropical and temperate regions. Genera ...

, *''Desmazieria'' (now ''

Ramalina ''Ramalina'' is a genus of greenish fruticose lichens that grow in the form of flattened, strap-like branches. Members of the genus are commonly called strap lichensField Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 201 ...

'' and '' Niebla'', genera of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

) *'' Neoascochyta desmazieri'' , species of fungi, (syn. ''Ascochyta desmazieri'') *'' Cainia desmazieri'' *'' Meloderma desmazieri''

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works by John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières
{{DEFAULTSORT:Desmazieres, John Baptiste Henri Joseph 1786 births 1862 deaths French mycologists People from Lille

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