Tom May (mycologist)

Thomas William May is a mycologist and the curator of the fungal collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria where he specialises in the taxonomy and ecology of Australian macrofungi. He is most notable for the comprehensive bibliographical lists of all Australian fungi published thus far; Volume 2A, published in 1997, and Volume 2B, published in 2003.[1][2] as well as the originator of Fungimap, an Australia-wide mapping fungal mapping scheme based around observations of 100 easily identified macrofungi.

The standard author abbreviation T.W.May is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Species described

References

  1. ^ T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1997) Fungi of Australia Volume 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-05929-6
  2. ^ T.W. May, J. Milne, S. Shingles & R.H. Jones (2003) Fungi of Australia Volume 2B: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Fungi 2 Basidiomycota p.p. & Myxomycota p.p. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-06907-0
  3. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 
  4. ^ May, T.W.; Fuhrer, B.A. (1995). "Nyctalis mirabilis (Fungi: Agaricales), a new species from Australia". Muelleria 8: 385–90.