Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf

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Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (12 December, 1846 – 24 June, 1909) was a German botanist and mycologist born in Roßleben, Thuringia.[1]

After studying at the University of Berlin, he received a doctorate of philosophy in 1878 with a thesis entitled Die von Conidienfrüchte von Fumago at the University of Halle. From 1880 to 1883 he was professor at the Higher School of Agriculture in Berlin. He received his habilitation in 1882 at the University of Halle. From 1899 he was professor of botany and botanical garden director at the University of Münster.

Zopf studied in particular mushrooms and explored methods of producing dyes from lichens and mushrooms.

He made numerous contributions towards the classification of fungi,[2] describing the genera Echinothecium, Merismatium, Rhymbocarpus and Sphaerellothecium. He was also the taxonomic authority of the lichenized fungi genera Pseudevernia and Rhizoplaca.[3] The fungi genus Zopfiella is named after him.[4]

Selected publications

  • 1889 : "Über Pilzfarbstoffe", Botanische Zeitung 47 : 53–91 - Mushroom dyes.
  • 1878 : Die Conidienfrüchte von Fumago : Mit 8 Taf. Halle Blochmann - Conidia of Fumago.
  • 1888 : Zur Kenntnis der Infektionskrankheiten niederer Tiere und Pflanzen, Halle - Studies on the infectious diseases of lower animals and plants.
  • ? : Zur Kenntnis der Phycomyceten, Halle - Notes on Phycomycetes.
  • 1881 : Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Ascomyceten, Chaetomium. Halle - On the evolution of the Ascomycetes- Chaetomium.
  • ? : Untersuchungen über die durch parasitische Pilze hervorgerufenen Krankheiten der Flechten, Halle - Studies on diseases caused by parasitic fungi of lichens.
  • 1886 : Über die Gerbstoff- und Anthocyan-Behälter der Fumariaceen und einiger anderen Pflanzen, Kassel - On tannin and anthocyanin in Fumariaceae and some other plants.
  • 1887  : Die Krankheiten der landwirtschaftlichen Kulturpflanzen durch Schmarotzerpilze, Berlin Parey - Diseases of agricultural plants by parasitic fungi.
  • 1884–1885 : Die Spaltpilze - nach dem neuesten Standpunkte bearbeitet, Breslau Trewendt - Schizomycetes - according to the latest positions.
  • 1907 : Die Flechtenstoffe in chemischer, botanischer, pharmakologischer und technischer Beziehung, Iéna - Lichen substances in chemical, botanical, pharmacological and technological relationships.[5]
The standard author abbreviation Zopf is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ↑ SCHLECHTENDALIA 23, Lichenology (biography)
  2. ↑ Catalogus-professorum-halensis (biography)
  3. ↑ North American Lichen Checklist - North Dakota State University A Cumulative Checklist for the Lichen-forming, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi of the Continental United States and Canada
  4. ↑ Petymol Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names
  5. ↑ Deutsche Wikisource (publications)
  6. ↑ "Author Query for 'Zopf'". International Plant Names Index. 
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