Alec E. Wood (10 September 1933 - 23 March 2016) was a
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
affiliated with the
University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949.
The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...
in
Sydney, Australia
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who published major studies, describing a large number of new species, in the genera ''
Galerina
''Galerina'' is a genus of small brown-spore saprobic mushroom-bearing fungi, with over 300 species found throughout the world from the far north to remote Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean. The genus is most noted for some extremely poison ...
''
[Wood AE (2001) "Studies in the genus ''Galerina''." ''Australian Systematic Botany'' 14, 615–676] and ''
Amanita
The genus ''Amanita'' contains about 600 species of agarics, including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded Edible mushroom, edible species (and many species of unknown edibility). The genus is re ...
''. With
Tom May, he co-authored ''Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota'' in 1997.
He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.
[Wood AE. (1990). ''Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them'' (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney. ]
See also
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List of mycologists
This is a non-exhaustive list of mycologists, or scientists with a specialisation in mycology, with their author abbreviations. Because the study of lichens is traditionally considered a branch of mycology, lichenologists are included in this li ...
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Fungi of Australia
The fungi of Australia form an enormous and diverse group, encompassing a huge range of freshwater, marine and terrestrial habitats with many ecological roles, including saprobes, parasites and mutualistic symbionts of algae, animals and plan ...
References
External links
CSIRO Publishing - Fungi of Australia Volume 2A
Australian mycologists
2016 deaths
1933 births
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