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:
- Boletus amygdalinus
- Boletus barrowsii
- Boletus dryophilus
- Boletus pulcherrimus
- Gymnopilus luteoviridis
- Leccinum manzanitae
- Russula xanthoporphyrea
The genus Chaetothiersia was named in his honor.
References
- ↑ Thiers BM, Halling RE (2003). "Harry D. Thiers, 1919–2000" (PDF). Mycologia 95 (6): 1271–75. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Thiers'". International Plant Names Index.
External links
- "MSSF mourns Harry Thiers" by Mike Boom, Mycena News 50(9):1,7, September 2000.
- Thiers, Dr. Harry D. (1975). California Mushrooms—A Field Guide to the Boletes. New York, NY: Hafner Press. p. 261. ISBN 0-02-853410-7.
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