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Elias Magnus Fries
1794 – 1878
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryElias Magnus Fries was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to thousands of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 15, 1794
Femsjö
Date of death
February 8, 1878
Uppsala Cathedral Assembly
Citizenship
Sweden
Occupations & fields
botanistpteridologistbryologistmycologistuniversity teacherbotanical collector
Awards & honours
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of EdinburghFellow of the Linnean Society of LondonFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign Member of the Royal Societyhonorary doctorate of Lund UniversityFilter Vertaalprijs
- Field and occupation
- švédsky botanik a mykológ (1794 – 1878)
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