Harry D. Thiers

Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a number of notable mycologists active as of the 2000s began as his students. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of boletes and named many new species.[1]

Species authored include:

The genus Chaetothiersia was named in his honor.

The standard author abbreviation Thiers is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

References

  1. ^ Thiers BM, Halling RE (2003). "Harry D. Thiers, 1919–2000" (PDF). Mycologia 95 (6): 1271–75. http://www.mycologia.org/cgi/reprint/95/6/1271.pdf?ck=nck. Retrieved 2008-02-12. 
  2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

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