William Nylander (1822 - 1899)
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Biography
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Selected publications
Species
Biography
born in Finland
studies natural history and medicine (where?)
1847 graduates
1852 - 1858 practices medicine in various countries, notably in England, where he works on lichens with Sir William Jackson Hooker at Kew
1858 appointed to the chair for botany at the university of Helsinki
1863 returns to Paris (where he had practiced during his wanderings)
Nylander described over 5000 new species of lichen from all over the world, in over 300 publications (including a few on ants). He also introduced the use of chemical reagents in classifying lichens.
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Sources
Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)
Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth, D. L. Hawksworth & P. W. James (1971) Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi
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Selected Publications
William Nylander (1858 - 1860) Synopsis methodica Lichenum: part one (A taxonomical summary of the lichens Summary of Taxonomies for the Lichens)
William Nylander (1861) Lichenes Scandinaviae (Lichens of Scandinavia)
William Nylander (1863) Synopsis methodica Lichenum: part two (A taxonomical summary of the lichens Summary of Taxonomies for the Lichens)
William Nylander (1890) Lichenes Japoniae (Lichens of Japan)
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Species
Chlorociboria aeruginascens (Nylander) Kanouse
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