Camille Torrend (1875-1961) was a Portuguese clergyman and
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 ...
. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was a professor of botany and phytopathology at the
Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia. Torrend edited the
exsiccata
Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels". Typically, exsiccatae are numbered collections of dried herbarium Biological specimen, spe ...
''Fungi selecti exsiccati''.
Torrend described the fungi genera of; ''
Amauroderma aurantiacum'', ''
Adustomyces'', and ''
Lignosus''.
The fungal genera of ''
Torrendia'' (the family
Amanitaceae
The Amanitaceae is a family of mushroom-forming fungi. ''Amanita'' Pers. is one of the most speciose and best-known fungal genera. The family, also commonly called the amanita family, is in order Agaricales, the gilled mushrooms. The family con ...
) and ''
Torrendiella'' (in the family
Sclerotiniaceae
The Sclerotiniaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Helotiales. Many species in this family are plant pathogens.
Genera
* ''Asterocalyx''
* ''Botryotinia''
* ''Botrytis (fungus), Botrytis''
* ''Ciboria''
* ''Ciborinia''
* ...
) were both named after him.
Works
* 1908. ''Les myxomycètes. Étude des espèces connues jusqu’ici''. Broteria 7: 5–177, tab., fig.
* 1909. ''Notes de mycologie Portugaise. Résultats d’une excursion à la propriété royale de Villa Viçosa''. Boletim de Sociedade Portuquesa de Ciencias Naturais 3: 3-7
* 1912. ''Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa)''. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 10: 192-210
* 1913. ''Troisième contribution pour l’étude des champignons de l’île de Madère''. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 9: 65-181
* 1913. ''Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa)
ont.'. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 20-64
* 1913. ''Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa)
oncl.'. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 54-98
* 1940. ''As poliporaceas da Bahia e Estados limítrofes''. Anales de la Reunión Sul-Amer. Bot. 1938 2: 325-341
Honors
* El
Herbario del Departamento de Micología, from
Universidad Federal de Pernambuco
;
Genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
* ''Torrendia'' (1902),
* ''Torrendiella'' (1911),
;Species of plants:
* (
Malvaceae
Malvaceae (), or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include Theobroma cacao, cacao, Cola (plant), cola, cotton, okra, Hibiscus sabdariffa, ...
) ''
Bakeridesia torrendii''
Monteiro
Monteiro is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil. It is the largest municipality in the state in terms of area.
Climate
See also
*List of municipalities in Paraíba
This is a list of the municipalities ...
* (
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae () is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs ...
) ''
Microlicia torrendii''
Brade[Arq. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo n.s., form. maior, 3: 252 1962 (IK)]
References
Portuguese mycologists
20th-century Portuguese biologists
1875 births
1961 deaths
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