Appolinaris Semyonovich Bondartsev

Appolinaris Semyonovich Bondartsev (1877 - 1968)

Photo of Bondarzewia berkeleyi by John Denk

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Biography

Bondartsev was an expert on polypores and (a Russian specialty) "house fungi"; that is, fungi that actually attack your house, like Serpula lacrimans.

His name is transliterated from the Russian, by the way. In German, one would spell it "Bondarzew" in order for it to be pronounced the same way. So when Singer declared the genus Bondarzewia in 1940, and Donk declared the family Bondarzewiaceae, they spelled it in the German way. One really should pronounce the man's name correctly, even if the word is spelled according to the system of a different language.

Selected Publications

Appolinaris Semyonovich Bondartsev & Rolf Singer (1941) "Zur Systematik der Polyporaceae" (Towards a systematics of the Polyporaceae) in Annales Mycologici (Annals of Mycology) 39 pp. 43 - 65

Appolinaris Semyonovich Bondartsev (1965) Manual for the identification of house fungi 128 pp.

This has some wonderfully gross pictures of fungi devouring parts of a house.
This is an English translation made by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, and available from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.

Appolinaris Semyonovich Bondartsev (1971) The polyporaceae of the European USSR and Caucasia 896 pp.

This is an English translation made by the Israel Program for Scientific Translations, and available from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.

Species

Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Fries) Singer & Bondartsev
Fomitopsis officinalis (Fries) Bondartsev & Singer
Inocybe lilacina (Bondartsev) Kauffman

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