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Name
  
Orson Miller,


Role
  
Author

Orson K. Miller, Jr.

Died
  
2006, Boise, Idaho, United States

Books
  
Mushrooms of North America, North American mushrooms

Orson Knapp Miller Jr. (December 19, 1930 – June 9, 2006) was an American mycologist. He published numerous papers in mycology and was responsible for the naming of many taxa, as well as being one of the authors erecting the genus Chroogomphus. He described Omphalotus olivascens, several species of Amanita, and the ghoul fungus Hebeloma aminophilum.

Contents

Works

His books include:

  • Mushrooms of North America (1972) ISBN 978-0525161653
  • Gasteromycetes: Morphological and Developmental Features with Keys to the Orders, Families, and Genera (1988) ISBN 978-0916422745
  • North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi (2006) ISBN 978-0762731091

    • Awards and honors

    He received the William H. Weston Award for Teaching Excellence in Mycology, and the Distinguished Mycologist Award. Several fungus species have been named in his honor, including:

  • Amanita orsonii Ash.Kumar & T.N. Lakh. (1990)
  • Clitocybe milleri H.E.Bigelow (1985)
  • Crepidotus milleri Hesler & A.H.Sm. (1965)
  • Entoloma milleri Noordel. (2004)
  • Pholiota milleri A.H. Sm. & Hesler (1968)
  • Plectania milleri Paden & Tylutki (1969)
  • Tylopilus orsonianus Fulgenzi & T.W.Henkel (2007)

    • References

    Orson K. Miller Jr. Wikipedia
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