List of mycologists

This is a list of mycologists, or scientists with a specialisation in mycology, with their author abbreviations.


 * A
 * Erik Acharius (1757–1819) — Ach.
 * Michel Adanson (1727–1806) — Adans.
 * Adam Afzelius (1750–1837) — Afzel.
 * Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859) — C.Agardh
 * Jacob Georg Agardh (1813–1901) — J.Agardh
 * David Arora (1957–)


 * B
 * Churchill Babington (1821–1889) — C.Bab.
 * Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivelli (1800–1874) — Bals.-Criv.
 * Anton de Bary (1831–1888)
 * August Johann Georg Karl Batsch (1761–1802)
 * Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624)
 * Johann Bauhin (1541–1613)
 * George Bentham (1800–1884) — Benth.
 * Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889) — Berk.
 * Christine Marie Berkhout (1893–1932) — Berkh.
 * Carl Ludwig Blume (1789–1862)
 * James Bolton
 * Jean Louis Émile Boudier (1828–1920)
 * Giacomo Bresadola (1847–1929)
 * Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934)
 * Max Britzelmayr (1839-1909) - Britzelm.
 * Christopher Edmund Broome (1812–1886)
 * Robert Brown (1773–1858) — R.Br.
 * Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1874–1944)
 * Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard (1742–1793) — Bull.
 * Edwin John Butler (1874–1943)


 * C
 * A. P. de Candolle (1778–1841) — DC.
 * George Washington Carver (1864–1943)
 * Ignacio Chapela
 * John Burton Cleland (1878–1971)
 * Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914)
 * August Carl Joseph Corda (1809–1849)
 * E. J. H. Corner (1906–1996)
 * Carl Correns (1864–1933)
 * G. H. Cunningham (1892–1962)
 * William Curtis (1746–1799)


 * D
 * René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833) — Desf.
 * Johann Jacob Dillenius (1687–1747) — Dill.
 * Joan Dingley
 * David Don (1799–1841) — D.Don
 * Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797–1878) — Dumort.
 * Michel Félix Dunal (1789–1856)


 * E
 * Franklin Sumner Earle (1856–1929)
 * Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876) — Ehrenb.
 * Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742–1795) — Ehrh.
 * Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804–1849) — Endl.
 * George Engelmann (1809–1884) — Engelm.
 * Constantin von Ettingshausen (1826–1897) — Ettingsh.


 * F
 * Victor Fayod (1860–1900)
 * John Fincham (1926–2005)
 * David W. Fischer (1959–)
 * Georg Forster (1754–1794) — G.Forst.
 * Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878) — Fr.
 * Bruce A. Fuhrer


 * G
 * Joseph Gaertner (1732–1791) — Gaertn.
 * Richard V. Gaines
 * Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789–1854) — Gaudich.
 * Léon Gaston Genevier (1830–1880) — Genev.
 * Ewald Gerhardt - Ew. Gerhardt
 * Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804) — J.F.Gmel.
 * Samuel Frederick Gray (1766–1828)
 * Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
 * Gaston Guzman
 * Helen Gwynne-Vaughan (1879–1967)


 * H
 * Emil Christian Hansen (1842–1909)
 * H. W. Harkness (1821–1901)
 * Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) — Hook.f.
 * John W. Hotson


 * I
 * Emil J. Imbach (1897–1970)


 * J
 * Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817) — Jacq.
 * Abraham Z. Joffe (1909–2000)


 * K
 * Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908) — H.Karst.
 * Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917) — P.Karst
 * Calvin Henry Kauffman (1869–1931)
 * Patrick J. Keeling
 * Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782–1843)
 * Julius Gotthelf Kühn (1825-1910)


 * Paul Kummer (1834–1912) — P.Kumm.


 * L
 * Jakob Emanuel Lange — J.E.Lange
 * Charles de l'Écluse (1526–1609) — Clus.
 * Gustav Lindau (1866–1923)
 * John Lindley (1799–1865) — Lindl.
 * Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1850)
 * Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778) — L.


 * M
 * Charles McIlvaine (1840–1909)
 * René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire (1878–1949)
 * George Edward Massee (1850–1917)
 * John Macoun (1831–1920)
 * Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) — Mart.
 * Tom May
 * Konstantin Mereschkowski (1855–1921) — Mereschk.
 * Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (1782–1856)
 * André Michaux (1746–1802) — Michx.
 * Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet (1809–1892)
 * Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896) — F.Muell.
 * William Murrill (1869–1957)


 * N
 * Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli (1817–1891)
 * Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858) — Nees
 * Frank Newhook
 * Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859) — Nutt.


 * O
 * Peter D. Orton (1916 - ) - P.D. Orton


 * P
 * Charles Horton Peck (1833–1917)
 * Christian Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836) — Pers.
 * Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1791–1868) — Poepp.
 * Karel Presl (1794–1852) — C.Presl.
 * Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894) — Pringsh.
 * Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774–1820)


 * Q
 * Lucien Quélet (1832–1899)


 * R
 * Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783–1840) — Raf.
 * Jörg H. Raithelhuber - Raithelh.
 * John Ramsbottom (1885–1974)
 * Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879) — Rchb.
 * Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956) — Ridl.
 * Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1628–1702) — Rumph.


 * S
 * Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845–1920) — Sacc.
 * Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1799–1853) — A.St.-Hil.
 * Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718–1790) — Schaeff.
 * Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794–1866) — Schltdl.
 * Franz Paula von Schrank (1747–1835)
 * Joseph Schröter (1837–1894) — J.Schröt.
 * Lewis David von Schweinitz (1780–1834) — Schwein.
 * Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788) — Scop.
 * Louis Secretan (1758–1839) — Secr.
 * John Sibthorp (1758–1796) — Sibth.
 * Rolf Singer (1906–1994)
 * Alexander Hanchett Smith (1904-1986) — A.H.Sm.
 * James Edward Smith (1759–1828) — Sm.
 * Kurt Sprengel (1766–1833) — Spreng.
 * Elvin C. Stakman (1885–1979)
 * Paul Stamets (1955–)
 * Daniel E. Stuntz (1909–1983)


 * T
 * Fidel Tapia
 * Harry Delbert Thiers (1919-2000) — Thiers
 * Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) — Thunb.
 * Phillippe Édouard Léon van Tieghem (1839–1914) — Tiegh.
 * John Torrey (1796–1873) — Torr.
 * Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) — Tourn.
 * Edward Tuckerman (1817–1886) — Tuck.
 * Charles Tulasne (1816–1884) — C.Tul.
 * Louis René Tulasne (1815–1885) — Tul.


 * V
 * Martin Vahl (1749–1804)
 * Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722) — Vaill.
 * Rytas Vilgalys


 * W
 * Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851) — Wahlenb.
 * Elsie Maud Wakefield (1886–1972)
 * Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854) — Wall.
 * Eugenius Warming (1841–1924) — Warm.
 * Roy Watling (1938–)
 * Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748–1831)
 * Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872) — Welw.
 * Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812) — Willd.
 * William Withering (1741–1799) — With.
 * Alec Wood
 * Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)


 * Y
 * Anthony M. Young


 * Z
 * Wanda Zabłocka (1900–1978)