Károly Kalchbrenner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Károly Kalchbrenner

Hungarian mycologist

Date of Birth: 05-May-1807

Place of Birth: Pöttelsdorf, Burgenland, Austria

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1886

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Károly Kalchbrenner (born 5 May 1807 in Pöttelsdorf, died 5 June 1886 in Spišské Vlachy) was a Hungarian mycologist.
He trained in theology early in life and became a priest in Spišské Vlachy, north-eastern Slovakia.
His contributions include the publication of 60 papers and description of more than 400 fungi from Europe, Asia, Australia and South America.
He wrote and illustrated the Icones Selectae Hymenomycetum Hungariae.
Among those he later collaborated with are Ferdinand von Mueller in Victoria, Australia, John Medley Wood in South Africa, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke in England and Felix von Thümen in Austria.
He was elected a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and a corresponding member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. The genus Kalchbrenneriella was named in his honour.



Alternative names	Sigismund Pollak; Zsigmond Pollak
Description	painter, illustrator, xylographer and graphic designer
Date of birth/death	8 February 1837	13 May 1912
Location of birth/death	Bratislava	Budapest
Work period	1860-1910
Work location	Hungary
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