Robert Kühner

Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many agaric genera.

Robert Kühner
Robert Kühner
Born15 March 1903
Paris
Died27 February 1996 (1996-02-28) (aged 92)
Lyon
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forAgaricales
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
InstitutionsUniversity of Lyon

He studied at the Sorbonne, afterward working as a high school teacher in Lille. From 1938 he was associated with the Faculty of Sciences at Lyon.[1]

Selected works

  • Contribution à l'étude des hyménomycètes et spécialement des agaricacés, 1926 - Contribution to the study of Hymenomycetes and especially of Agaricales.
  • Le genre Galera (Fries) Quélet, 1935 - The genus Galera (Fries) Quélet.
  • Le genre Mycena (Fries) Étude cytologique et systématique des espèces d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, 1938 - The genus Mycena (Fries), cytological and systematic studies of species native to Europe and North America.
  • Flore analytique des champignons supérieurs (agarics, bolets, chanterelles), 1953 - Analysis of major mushrooms (agarics, boletes, chanterelles).
  • Compléments à la "Flore analytique, 1954 - Additions to the "Flora analytique".[2]
  • Agaricales de la zone alpine: Amanitacées, 1972 - Agaricales of the Alpine zone: Amanitaceae.[3]

References

  1. Lamoure D, Miller Jr OK (1999). "Robert Kühner, 1903–1996". Mycologia. 91 (4): 707–13. doi:10.1080/00275514.1999.12061072. JSTOR 3761259.
  2. WorldCat Identities (publications)
  3. ISREF.fr (bibliography)
  4. IPNI.  Kühner.


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