HISTORY

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wrote NovaPlantarumGenera: scientific description and illustrations of fungi

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1729: Pier Antonio Micheli

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formulated a systematic classification system including system, genera, and species

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1729: Pier Antonio Micheli

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Established the first classification of mushroom

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Christian Hendrik Persoon

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Methodica Fungorum

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Christian Hendrik Persoon

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Wrote “Observationes mycologicae” & “Systema mycologicum”

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1794-1878: Elias Magnus Fries

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Starting point for the names of most fungi

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1794-1878: Elias Magnus Fries

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marked the beginning of the modern study of fungi

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1831-1888: Heinrich Anton De Bary

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brought clarity to the study of fungi and fungal diseases in plants

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1831-1888: Heinrich Anton De Bary

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First person to conduct and publish a proper study on fungi (dermatophiticfungi)

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1910: Raymond Sabouraud

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Discovered the SabouraudDextrose Agar (SDA)

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1910: Raymond Sabouraud

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Silkworm disease is caused by a fungus (Beauveria bassiana)

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1835: Agostino Bassi

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He proposed that many diseases are microbial in origin.

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1835: Agostino Bassi

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Trichophyton ectothrix, Candida albicans, Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton tonsurans

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1841-1845: David Gruby

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French Biologist, Chemist and Plant Physiologist

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1869: Jules Raulin

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Student of Pasteur

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1869: Jules Raulin

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First to identify role of zinc in plant nutrition

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1869: Jules Raulin

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Aspergillus niger

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1869: Jules Raulin

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Determined the nutritional requirements

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1869: Jules Raulin

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German chemist

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1897: Eduard Buchner

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Fermentation

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1897: Eduard Buchner

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Yeast cells secrete proteins in order to ferment sugar

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1897: Eduard Buchner

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British Microbiologist

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1928: Alexander Fleming

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Anti-microbial ability of Penicillium spp.

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1928: Alexander Fleming

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Antibiotic penicillin is derived from the spp. for treatment of bacterial infection

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1928: Alexander Fleming

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• 900 fungi

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Pier Antonio Micheli

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• Mushroom spores

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Pier Antonio Micheli

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founder of systemic mycology

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Pier Antonio Micheli

Christian Hendrik Persoon

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founder of systemic mycology

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Christian Hendrik Persoon

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Swedish botanist

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Elias Magnus Fries

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German botanist

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Founder of modern mycology

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Heinrich Anton De Bary

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Founding father of plant pathology

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Heinrich Anton De Bary

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French physician

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Raymond Sabouraud

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Father of medical mycology

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Raymond Sabouraud

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medium used to grow fungi

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SDA

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Italian bacteriologist and entomologist

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Agostino Bassi

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Silkworm fungus

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Beauveria bassiana

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causes oral trush in infants(white patches)

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Candida albicans

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causes disease on skin, nails, and hair

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dermatophitic fungi

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first antibiotic

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Antibiotic penicillin