Rolf Singer

Rolf Singer (1906 - 1994)

Photo of Pholiota veris by John Denk

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Biography

One of the most industrious mycologists of all time, Singer published several articles while on the run from the Nazis in the 1930s. There are two long web pages of biographical information about him at the Field Museum site, below.

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Singer bio at the Field Museum

Selected Publications

Rolf Singer (1927) "Wie bestimmt man frische Täublinge?" (How can you tell if you have a new Russula?) in Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde (Newspaper for Mushroom People) 6:11 pp. 169 - 176

Many people would like to know the answer to that question, but this article is just a set of keys to the common German species of Russula

Rolf Singer (1928) "Neue Mitteilungen über die Gattung Russula" (New reports on the genus Russula) in Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde (Newspaper for Mushroom People) 7:3 pp. 191 - 202

Rolf Singer (1928) "Monographie der Gattung Russula" (Monograph of the genus Russula) in Hedwigia 66 pp. 163 - 260

Rolf Singer (1932) "Monographie der Gattung Russula" (Monograph of the genus Russula) in Beihefte zum Botanischen Zentralblatt (or Centralblatt) (Reports of the Central Newspaper of Botany) 49 pp. 205 - 280

Rolf Singer (1935) "Contribution à l'étude des Russules" (Contribution to the study of the Russulas) in Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (Bulletin of the French Mycological Society) 55 pp. 226 - 283

Rolf Singer (1935) "Sur la classification des Russules" (On the classification of Russulas) in Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (Bulletin of the French Mycological Society) 51 pp. 303 - 304

Rolf Singer (1939) "Phylogenie und Taxonomie der Agaricales" (Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Agaricales) in Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde

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

Rolf Singer (1942) "Type studies on Basidiomycetes: 1" in Mycologia 34 pp. 61 - 93

Rolf Singer (1943) "Type studies on Basidiomycetes: 2" in Mycologia 35 pp. 142 - 163

Rolf Singer & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1943) "A Monograph of the Genus Leucopaxillus" in Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 28 pp. 85 - 132

Alexander Hanchett Smith & Rolf Singer (1945) "A monograph of the genus Cystoderma" in Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 30 pp. 71 - 124

Rolf Singer (1945) "New and Interesting Species of Basidiomycetes: " in Mycologia 37 pp. 425 - 439

Rolf Singer (1945) "Gyroporus purpurinus article" in Farlowia 2 p. 236

Rolf Singer & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1946) "Proposals concerning the nomenclature of the gill fungi including a list of proposed lectotypes and genera conservanda" in Mycologia 38 pp. 240 - 299

Rolf Singer (1947) "Tylopilus eximius article" in Amer. Midl. Nat. 37 p. 109

Rolf Singer (1947) "Type studies on Basidiomycetes: 3" in Mycologia 39 pp. 171 - 189

Rolf Singer (1947) "Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus article" in Amer. Midl. Nat. 37 p. 90

Rolf Singer (1948) "New and Interesting Species of Basidiomycetes: 2" in Papers of the Michigan Academy of Sciences 32 pp. 103 - 150

Rolf Singer (1955) "Staude redivivus" in Mycologia 47 pp. 270 - 272

Rolf Singer (1957) "New and Interesting Species of Basidiomycetes: 5" in Sydowia 11 pp. 141 - 272

Alexander Hanchett Smith & Rolf Singer (1959) "Studies in Secotiaceous Fungi: IV. Gastroboletus, Truncocolumella, Chamonixia" in Brittonia 11 pp. 205 - 223

Rolf Singer & Alexander Hanchett Smith (1960) "Studies in Secotiaceous Fungi: IX. The Astrogastraceous Series" in Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 21 pp. 1 - 112

Rolf Singer (1961) "Type studies on Basidiomycetes: 10" in Persoonia 2 pp. 1 - 62

Rolf Singer (1977) The Boletineae of Florida

Rolf Singer (1986) The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy 4th ed. 981 pp.

This is the standard work for the taxonomy of the gilled mushrooms.

Species

Abortiporus biennis (Bulliard: Fries) Singer
Agrocybe acericola (Peck) Singer
Agrocybe dura (Fries) Singer
Agrocybe firma (Peck) Singer
Armillariella tabescens (Scopoli: Fries) Singer
Asterophora parasitica (Bulliard: Fries) Singer
Baeospora myosura (Fries) Singer
Baeospora myriadophylla (Peck) Singer
Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Fries) Singer & Bondartsev
Bondarzewia montana (Quélet) Singer
Callistosporium luteoolivaceum (M. A. Curtis & Berkeley) Singer
Cantharellus lateritius (Berkeley) Singer
Cheimophyllum candissimus (M. A. Curtis & Berkeley) Singer
Clitocybula familia (Peck) Singer
Cyptotrama chrysopeplum (M. A. Curtis & Berkeley) Singer
Cystoderma amianthinum var. rugosoreticulatum (Lorinser) Singer & A. H. Smith
Cystoderma fallax A. H. Smith & Singer
Cystoderma granosum (A. P. Morgan) Singer & A. H. Smith
Fomitopsis officinalis (Fries) Bondartsev & Singer
Galerina autumnalis (Peck) Singer & A. H. Smith
Gerronema chrysophylla (Fries) Singer
Gymnopilus aeruginosus (Peck) Singer
Gymnopilus luteofolius (Peck) Singer
Gyrodon merulioides (Schweinitz) Singer
Gyroporus purpurinus (Snell) Singer
Hypsiszygus tessulatus (Bulliard: Fries) Singer
Laccaria ohiensis (Montagne) Singer
Lacrymaria velutina (Persoon: Fries) Singer
Leccinum griseum (Quélet) Singer
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii (Corda) Singer
Leucocoprinus luteus (Corda) Singer
Leucopaxillus albissimus (Peck) Singer
Leucopaxillus laterarius (Peck) Singer & A. H. Smith
Lyophyllum decastes (Fries) Singer
Macrolepiota procera (Scopoli) Singer
Macrolepiota rachodes (Vittadini) Singer
Marasmiellus albuscortis (Secretan) Singer
Marasmiellus nigripes (Schweinitz) Singer
Marasmius strictipes (Peck) Singer
Meiorganum curtisii Singer, Gomez & Garcia
Micromphale foetidum (Fries) Singer
Omphalotus olearius (De Candolle: Fries) Singer
Oudemansiella radicata (Relhan: Fries) Singer
Panellus mitis (Persoon: Fries) Singer
Panellus violaceofulvus (Batsch: Fries) Singer
Paragyrodon sphaerosporus (Peck) Singer
Pholiota astragalina (Fries) Singer
Pholiota lenta (Fries) Singer
Pholiota spumosa (Fries) Singer
Pholiota veris (A. H. Smith & Singer) Hesler & A. H. Smith
Phylloporus rhodoxanthus var. acericola (Murrill) Singer
Phyllotopsis nidulans (Fries) Singer
Pleurocybella porrigens (Persoon: Fries) Singer
Psathyrella velutina (Fries) Singer
Resinomycena rhododendri (Peck) Singer & Redhead
Rhodocollybia maculata (Albertini & Schweinitz: Fries) Singer
Russula appalachiensis Singer
Russula pseudolepida Singer
Russula rubriceps (Kauffman) Singer
Strobilomyces confusus Singer
Strobilurus conigenoides (Ellis) Singer
Suillus grevillei (Klotzsch) Singer
Tricholomopsis decora (Fries) Singer
Tricholomopsis formosa (Peck) Singer
Tricholomopsis platyphylla (Persoon: Fries) Singer
Tricholomopsis rutilans (Ja.C. Schaeffer: Fries) Singer
Tylopilus eximius (Peck) Singer
Tylopilus ferrugineus (Frost) Singer
Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus (Dick & Snell) Singer
Volvariella bombycina (Ja.C. Schaeffer: Fries) Singer
Volvariella pusilla (Fries) Singer
Volvariella speciosa (Fries) Singer
Volvariella taylori (Berkeley & Broome) Singer
Volvariella villosavolva (Lloyd) Singer
Volvariella volvacea (Bulliard: Fries) Singer

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Genera

Baeospora Singer
Bondarzewia Singer
Callistosporium Singer
Cheimophyllum Singer
Chroogomphus (Singer) O. K. Miller
Clitocybula (Singer) Métrod
Cyptotrama Singer
Gerronema Singer
Hypsiszygus Singer
Leucoagaricus (Locquin) Singer
Macrolepiota Singer
Paragyrodon Singer
Phyllotopsis Singer
Pleurocybella Singer
Rhodocollybia Singer
Strobilurus Singer
Tricholomopsis Singer

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