HISTORY Flashcards
wrote NovaPlantarumGenera: scientific description and illustrations of fungi
1729: Pier Antonio Micheli
formulated a systematic classification system including system, genera, and species
1729: Pier Antonio Micheli
Established the first classification of mushroom
Christian Hendrik Persoon
Methodica Fungorum
Christian Hendrik Persoon
Wrote “Observationes mycologicae” & “Systema mycologicum”
1794-1878: Elias Magnus Fries
Starting point for the names of most fungi
1794-1878: Elias Magnus Fries
marked the beginning of the modern study of fungi
1831-1888: Heinrich Anton De Bary
brought clarity to the study of fungi and fungal diseases in plants
1831-1888: Heinrich Anton De Bary
First person to conduct and publish a proper study on fungi (dermatophiticfungi)
1910: Raymond Sabouraud
Discovered the SabouraudDextrose Agar (SDA)
1910: Raymond Sabouraud
Silkworm disease is caused by a fungus (Beauveria bassiana)
1835: Agostino Bassi
He proposed that many diseases are microbial in origin.
1835: Agostino Bassi
Trichophyton ectothrix, Candida albicans, Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton tonsurans
1841-1845: David Gruby
French Biologist, Chemist and Plant Physiologist
1869: Jules Raulin
Student of Pasteur
1869: Jules Raulin
First to identify role of zinc in plant nutrition
1869: Jules Raulin