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Camille Torrend
Portuguese botanist and mycologist (1875–1961)
Camille Torrend (1875-1961) was a Portuguese clergyman and mycologist. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was a professor of botany and phytopathology at the Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia.[1]
Torrend described the fungi genera of; Amauroderma aurantiacum, Adustomyces, and Lignosus. The fungal genera of Torrendia (the family Amanitaceae) and Torrendiella (in the family Sclerotiniaceae) were both named after him.[2]