Marcel Josserand (5 October 1900 – 28 March 1992) was a French

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 ...

Biography

Marcel Josserand was born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

in 1900 and died also in Lyon in 1992. He devoted the greater part of his life to the study of fungi, especially those normally described as mushrooms (that is, agarics). In 1923, he co-created the

Mycological 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 ...

section of the Linnaean Society of Lyon, of which he was later president at various times. From 1938 he collaborated with the famous mycologist

Robert Kühner Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris – 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many forms of agaric (mushroom fungus) genera. He studied at the University of Paris, Sorbonne, afterwards from 1921 until ...

in Lyon. His best-known book was "La description des Champignons supérieurs (Basiodiomycètes charnus) - technique descriptive, vocabulaire raisonné du descripteur" .

Relevant species

Two examples of fungi for which he was the name author are '' Macrocystidia cucumis'' (Pers.) Joss. in 1934 and '' Lepiota ignivolvata'' Bousset & Joss. ex Joss. in 1990 following an earlier description in 1948. Also the following mushrooms were all named after him. *''Cortinarius josserandii'' Bidaud (1994) *''Dermoloma josserandii'' Dennis & P.D. Orton (1960) *''Gerronema josserandii'' Singer (1963) *''

Gymnopilus josserandii ''Gymnopilus josserandii'' is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. See also List of ''Gymnopilus'' species External links *Gymnopilus josserandii' at Index Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to ind ...

'' Antonín (2000) *''Russula josserandii'' Bertault (1977) *''Strossmayeria josserandii'' (Grélet) Bertault (1970) *''Tricholoma josserandii'' Bon (1975) *''Zelleromyces josserandii'' Malençon (1976)

References

1900 births 1992 deaths French mycologists {{France-scientist-stub