John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières

Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (1786-1862)

Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in Lille 23 June 1862 in Lambersart) was a merchant of Lille and an amateur mycologist.[1] He was the editor of the scientific journals "Annales des sciences naturelles" and the "Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille".[2]

He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851) [3] and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861).[4] In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus Mycoderma, titled "Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma".[5][6]

He was the binomial author of the fungi species Agaricus radians [7] and Aspergillus clavatus.[8]

Eponymous taxa

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Anon (1862). "Notice nécrologique sur J.-H. Desmazières". Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de Belgique (in French). 1 (1): 102–5. JSTOR 20790166.
  3. GBIF France Consultation de la collection: Plantes cryptogames du nord de la France. J.B.H.J.Desmazières
  4. Universiteit Gent Herbarium, Department of Biology
  5. MycoBank Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma.
  6. Mushroom the Journal biographical information
  7. Mycobank Agaricus radians
  8. Mycobank Aspergillus clavatus
  9. IPNI.  Desm.

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