Orson K. Miller Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Orson K. Miller Jr.

American botanist

Date of Birth: 19-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 09-Jun-2006

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Orson Knapp Miller Jr.
(December 19, 1930 – June 9, 2006) was an American mycologist.
He published numerous papers in mycology and was responsible for the naming of many taxa, as well as being one of the authors erecting the genus Chroogomphus.
He described Omphalotus olivascens, several species of Amanita, and the ghoul fungus Hebeloma aminophilum.