Dow Baxter

Dow Baxter (January 16, 1895–December 31, 1965) was an American mycologist. He was an authority on wood-decay fungi, especially the polypores. Baxter was a professor of forest pathology at the University of Michigan, where he started employment in 1926.[1] The fungus Rhizopogon baxteri was named in Baxter's honor.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, Alexander H. (1967). "Dow V. Baxter (1965–1965)". Mycologia. 59 (4): 565–567. JSTOR 3757084.
  2. ↑ Smith, A.H.; Zeller, S.M. (1966). A Preliminary Account of the North American Species of Rhizopogon. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 14. p. 105.


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