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Robert Kühner

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Died
  
1996 Lyon

Alma mater
  
University of Paris

Nationality
  
French

Known for
  
Agaricales

Fields
  
Mycology

Name
  
Robert Kuhner

Institutions
  
University of Lyon


Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris – 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many agaric genera.

He studied at the Sorbonne, afterwards working as a high school teacher in Lille. From 1938 he was associated with the Faculty of Sciences at Lyon.

Selected works

  • Contribution à l'étude des hyménomycètes et spécialement des agaricacés, 1926 - Contribution to the study of Hymenomycetes and especially of Agaricales.
  • Le genre Galera (Fries) Quélet, 1935 - The genus Galera (Fries) Quélet.
  • Le genre Mycena (Fries) Étude cytologique et systématique des espèces d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, 1938 - The genus Mycena (Fries), cytological and systematic studies of species native to Europe and North America.
  • Flore analytique des champignons supérieurs (agarics, bolets, chanterelles), 1953 - Analysis of major mushrooms (agarics, boletes, chanterelles).
  • Compléments à la "Flore analytique, 1954 - Additions to the "Flora analytique".
  • Agaricales de la zone alpine: Amanitacées, 1972 - Agaricales of the Alpine zone: Amanitaceae.

    • References

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