Elias Magnus Fries | |
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Born | Femsjö, Hylte Municipality, Småland, Sweden | 15 August 1794
Died | 8 February 1878 | (aged 83)
Alma mater | Lund University |
Known for | Founder of modern fungal taxonomy |
Awards | Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mycology, botany |
Institutions | Lund University (1814–1834), Uppsala University (1834–1878) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Fr. |
Elias Magnus Fries FRS FRSE FLS (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology".[1] In his works he described and assigned botanical names to hundreds of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today.