Heinrich Julius Tode (1733 - 1797)
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Biography
Sources
Selected publications
Species
Genera
Biography
1757 studied theology in Göttingen
worked as a minister in Mecklenburg
1792 appointed to several administrative positions in the council of the church and in the administration of the city
Tode studied mostly small, strange-looking things, as you can see from the list of his genera and species.
Sources
Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)
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Selected Publications
Heinrich Julius Tode (1790 - 1791) Fungi Mecklenburgenses selecti (Selected Fungi from Mecklenburg)One of the pioneering works in extending the Linnaean system to non-flowering plants. This work mostly addressed small, non-showy fungi, declaring 54 species of Sphaeria alone.
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Species
Creopus gelatinosus (Tode: Fries) Link
Hypocrea gelatinosa (Tode: Fries) Fries
Sphaerobolus stellatus (Tode) Persoon
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Genera
Acrospermum Tode: Fries
Hysterium Tode: Fries
Myrothecium Tode: Fries
Pilobilus Tode: Fries
Sphaerobolus Tode: Persoon
Stilbum Tode: Mérat
Thelebolus Tode: Fries
Volutella Tode: Fries
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