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Max Britzelmayr

1839-01-07 – 1909-12-06

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Max Britzelmayr (1839—1909)Credit: not stated

Life & Legacy

Max Britzelmayr (7 January 1839 – 6 December 1909) was a German mycologist and lichenologist who was a native of Augsburg.
He spent his career as a schoolteacher and Kreisschulinspektor (school district administrator) in Augsburg. He is known for his research of a class of fungi known as Hymenomycetes. He also conducted investigations of lichens native to southern Bavaria, including the Allgäu Alps. In 1903 Britzelmayr started to issue exsiccata-like series, namely Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs.

Occupation & Career

botanist, lichenologist, mycologist, botanical collector, teacher, scientific collector

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of Saint Michael

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Order of Saint Michael

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q556528 — wikidata View source

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