Robert Joseph Bandoni | |
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| Born | November 9, 1926 Weeks, Nevada |
| Died | May 18, 2009 (aged 82) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada |
| Known for | Taxonomy of the Heterobasidiomycetes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Thesis | Taxonomic studies of the genus Tremella (Tremellaceae) (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Willard Martin |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Bandoni |
Robert Joseph Bandoni (11 November 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a mycologist who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the heterobasidiomycetes (“jelly fungi”).[1]
During his 50 years as professor at the University of British Columbia,[2] he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989.[2] In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal.[3] Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.[4]
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