Robert Lynn Shaffer (b. 1929)
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Biography
Selected publications
Species
Biography
Bob is a professor at the University of Michigan, where he also runs the website for their famous herbarium. He has done a lot of the work on the genus Russula in this country.
Selected Publications
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1957) "Volvariella in North America" in Mycologia 49 pp. 545 - 579
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1962) "The Subsection Compactae of Russula" in Brittonia 14 pp. 254 - 284
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1964) "The Subsection Lactariodeae of Russula" in Mycologia 56 pp. 202 - 231
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1968) Keys to Genera of Higher Fungi 2nd ed.Published by the University of Michigan Biological Station
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1970) "Cuticular terminology in Russula (Agaricales)" in Brittonia 22 pp. 230 - 239
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1970) "Notes on Subsection Crassotunicatinae and other species of Russula" in Lloydia 33 pp. 49 - 96
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1972) "North American Russulas of Subsection Foetentinae" in Mycologia 64 pp. 1008 - 1053
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1975) "Some common north american species of Russula subsection Emeticinae" in Beihefte Nova Hedwigia (supplement to Nova Hedwigia) 51 pp. 207 - 238
Richard L. Homola & Robert Lynn Shaffer (1975) "A new Russula of the subsection Nigricantes from NE North America" in Mycologia 67 pp. 428 - 434
Robert Lynn Shaffer (1989) "Four white-capped species of Russula" in Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 49 pp. 348 - 354
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Species
Russula dissimulans R. L. Shaffer
Russula fragrantissima H. Romagnesi sensu R. L. Shaffer
Russula krombholzii R. L. Shaffer
Russula michiganensis R. L. Shaffer
Russula romagnesiana R. L. Shaffer
Russula xantho R. L. Shaffer
Volvariella hypopithys (Fries) R. L. Shaffer
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