Paul Sydow

Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf)[1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946).

He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of ascomycetes, rusts and smuts.[2] Paul Sydow was a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having formally described 2331 in his career.[3] He also wrote about algae. He authored 252 works in five languages.[4] Between 1880 and 1916 Sydow edited seven exsiccata series, among them Mycotheca Marchica (1880) with Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf as co-editor.[5][6] With his son Hans Sydow he co-edited the first fascicles of the series Mycotheca Germanica (1903–1906).[7]

  1. ^ UNI Goettingen Department of Systematic Botany
  2. ^ Google Books Dictionary of the Fungi, edited by P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, D.W. Minter, J.A. Stalpers
  3. ^ Lücking, Robert (2020). "Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective". Megataxa. 1 (1): 78–103 [85]. doi:10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16.
  4. ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
  5. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  6. ^ "Mycotheca Marchica: IndExs ExsiccataID=902940034". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Mycotheca Germanica: IndExs ExsiccataID=2020457727". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 17 September 2024.