Kirschst.

Wilhelm Kirschstein

Wilhelm Kirschstein

German mycologist (1863–1946)

Wilhelm Kirschstein (2 October 1863 - 1946 in Groß Behnitz bei Nauen) was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.

During his career, he taught classes in Rathenow and Berlin-Pankow.[1] As a taxonomist, he described the mycological families Niessliaceae and Mytilinidiaceae[2][3] as well as naming numerous fungi genera and species.

The mycological genera Kirschsteinia Syd., 1906 Kirschsteiniella Petr., 1923 and Kirschsteiniothelia D.Hawksw. (1985) are all named in his honor.[1][4]

Selected bibliography

  • Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg 66: 23-29., 1924 – Contributions to the knowledge of the Ascomycetes.
  • Neue und seltene Ascomyceten. Annales Mycologici 33: 202-229., 1935 – New and rare Ascomycetes.
  • Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten und ihrer Nebenformen besonders aus der Mark Brandenburg und dem Bayerischen Walde. Annales Mycologici 34: 180-210., 1936 – Contributions to the knowledge of Ascomycetes and its variants, particularly from Mark Brandenburg and the Bavarian Forest.
  • Pilze: Sphaerellaceae. Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg 7 (3): 305-448, 1938 – Fungi: Sphaerellaceae.
  • Über neue, seltene und kritische Ascomyceten und Fungi Imperfecti. I. Annales Mycologici 36 (5-6): 367-400., 1938 – About new, rare and critical Ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti.[5]
The standard author abbreviation Kirschst. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. [2]
    GBIF Niessliaceae Kirschst.
  3. [3]
    GBIF Mytilinidiaceae Kirschst.
  4. [4]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. [5]
    Cybertruffle Publications
  6. [6]
    International Plant Names Index.  Kirschst.
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