Egon Horak

Egon Horak (born Innsbruck in 1937) is an Austrian mycologist who has described more than 1000 species of fungi, including many from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and South America. He was an executive editor of the scientific journal ''Sydowia'' from 1975 to 1989, and a member of the editorial board afterwards.

He was previously married to the Swiss-Australian entomologist Marianne Horak.

Selected publications

*Horak, E.; Moser, M. (1965). Fungi Austroamericani. XII. Studien zur Gattung Thaxterogaster Singer. Nova Hedwigia 10 (1,2): 211–241.
*Horak, E. (1971). Contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales s.l. (Fungi) of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9 (3): 463–493.
*Moser, M.; Horak, E. (1975). ''Cortinarius'' Fr. und nahe verwandte Gattungen in Südamerika. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 52: 1–628.
*Horak, E. (1977, publ. 1978). ''Entoloma'' in South America I. Sydowia 30 (1-6): 40–111.
*Horak, E. (1979, publ. 1980). Fungi, Basidiomycetes. Agaricales y Gasteromycetes secotioides. In S.A. Guarrera, I.J. Gamundí de Amos & C.M. Matteri ds Flora Criptogámica de Tierra del Fuego 11 (6): 524 pp.
*Horak, E. (1985). Die Pilzflora (Macromyceten) und ihre Oekologie in fünf Pflanzengesellschaften der mountain-subalpinen Stufe des Unterengadins (Schweiz). Ergebnisse der Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung des Schweizerischen Nationalparks 12 (6): 337–476.
*Horak, E. (1987). ''Astrosporina'' in the alpine zone of the Swiss National Park (SNP) and adjacent regions. In G.A. Laursen, J.F. Ammirati & S.A. Redhead ds Arctic and Alpine Mycology 2: 205–234.
*Horak, E. (1987, publ. 1988). New species of ''Dermocybe'' (Agaricales) from New Zealand. Sydowia 40: 81–112.
*Horak, E. (1990). Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). New Zealand Journal of Botany 28 (3): 255–306.
*Horak, E.; Baici, A. (1990). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Basidiomycota (Aphyllophorales s.l. — Heterobasidiomycetes) im Unterengadin (GR, Schweiz). Mycologia Helvetica 3 (4): 351–384.
*Horak, E.; Wood, A.E. (1990). ''Cortinarius'' Fr. (Agaricales) in Australasia. 1. Subgen. ''Myxacium'' and subgen. ''Paramyxacium''. Sydowia 42: 88–168.
*Gamundí, I.J.; Horak, E. (1993). Hongos de los Bosques Andino-Patagónicos. Guía Para el Reconocimiento de las Especies Más Comunes y Atractivas. 141 pp.
*Bougher, N.L.; Fuhrer, B.A.; Horak, E. (1994). Taxonomy and biogeography of Australian ''Rozites'' species mycorrhizal with ''Nothofagus'' and Myrtaceae. Australian Systematic Botany 7 (4): 353–375.
*Maas Geesteranus, R.A.; Horak, E. (1995). ''Mycena'' and related genera from Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. Bibliotheca Mycologica 159: 143–229.

Eponymous taxa

Fungal taxa named after Horak include:
*'' Horakia'' Oberw. 1976
*''Horakiella'' Castellano & Trappe 1992,Mycobank: Horakiella
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*'' Horakomyces'' Raithelh. 1983
*''Boletus horakii'' T.N.Lakh. & R.Sharma 1989
*''Ciboria horakii'' Svrček 1960
*''Cortinarius horakii'' E.Valenz. & Esteve-Rav. 1994
*'' Hohenbuehelia horakii'' Courtec. 1984
*''Inocybe horakii'' Raithelh. 1977
*''Lactarius horakii'' Nuytinck & Verbeken 2006
*''Pluteus horakianus'' Rodr.-Alcánt. 2009
*'' Psathyrella horakiana'' Raithelh. 1990
*'' Pseudomitrula horakii'' Gamundí 1980
*'' Psilocybe horakii'' Guzmán 1978
*'' Clitopilus horakii'' Pacioni & Lalli 1984
*'' Tricholoma horakii'' Raithelh. 1972

See also

* :Taxa named by Egon Horak
* List of mycologists

References

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Austrian mycologists
1937 births
Living people
Scientists from Innsbruck
Academic staff of ETH Zurich