David Leslie Hawksworth

David Leslie Hawksworth CBE (born 1946 in Sheffield, UK) is a British mycologist and lichenologist currently with a professorship in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. In 2002, he was honoured with an Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology.[1] He married Patricia Wiltshire, a leading forensic ecologist and palynologist in 2009.[2] As of 2015 he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journals IMA Fungus[3] and Biodiversity and Conservation.[4]

References

1. "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
2. Biography at lichenology.org
3. "IMA Fungus - The global mycological journal, Editorial Board (2010 - 2014)". IMA Fungus. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
4. "Biodiversity and Conservation". Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
5. IPNI.  D.Hawksw.

Further reading

• Kevin D. Hyde; Sajeewa S.N. Maharachchikumbura; Sinang Hongsanan; Milan C. Samarakoon; Robert Lücking; Dhandevi Pem; Dulanjalee Harishchandra; Rajesh Jeewon; Rui-Lin Zhao; Jian-Chu Xu; Jian-Kui Liu; Abdullah M. Al-Sadi; Ali H. Bahkali; Abdallah M. Elgorban (2017). "The ranking of fungi: a tribute to David L. Hawksworth on his 70th birthday". Fungal Diversity. 84 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1007/s13225-017-0383-3.