Johannes (João Evangelista) Rick (19 January 1869 – 1946) was an Austrian-born Brazilian

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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 ...

considered the "father of Brazilian mycology". He was the first to systematically document the fungal biodiversity, particularly the macrofungi, of Southern Brazil. Rick established communications with several contemporary mycologists, such as

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Heinrich Rehm Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm (20 October 1828, Ederheim – 1 April 1916, Munich) was a German mycologist and lichenologist. He studied at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich and Heidelberg, earning his medical doctorate in 1852. ...

, and

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, who helped him identify his Brazilian collections. Rick was a schoolteacher in Feldkirch from 1894 to 1898 before becoming a

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student in Valkenburg (Netherlands) from 1899 until 1902. After moving to Brazil in 1902, he was a teacher until 1915, then a

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from 1915 to 1929, and finally

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of theology until 1942. Between 1904 and 1911 he edited the

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''Fungi Austro-Americani exsiccati'', the later three fascicles together with

Ferdinand Theissen Ferdinand Theissen (27 July 1877 in Krefeld – 5 September 1919) was a German-Austrian Jesuit priest and mycologist. He studied theology at the seminary in Feldkirch, then from 1902 to 1908 was stationed in São Leopoldo, Brazil. Following ...

Selected works

Rick, J. (1960). "Basidiomycetes Eubasidii in Rio Grande do Sul - Brasilia 4. Meruliaceae, Polyporaceae e Boletaceae". ''Iheringia Série Botânica'' 7: 193–295.

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