Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German mycologist
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Place of Birth: Roßleben, Thuringia, Germany
About Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf
- Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (December 12, 1846 – June 24, 1909) was a well-known German botanist and mycologist.
- He dedicated to his whole life with fungal biology, particularly in classification of fungi and dye production in fungi and lichens.
- Besides, his textbook on fungi called “Die pilze in morphologischer, physiologischer, biologischer und systematischer beziehung (Translation: The mushrooms in morphological, physiological, biological and systematic relationship)” in 1890 was also an outstanding work on the subject for many decades.
- Thus, his numerous contributions gave him a special status in mycological history.
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