Johannes (João Evangelista) Rick (19 January 1869 – 1946) was an Austrian-born Brazilian
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
and
mycologist 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
Giacomo Bresadola,
Curtis Gates Lloyd
Curtis Gates Lloyd (July 17, 1859 – November 11, 1926) was an American mycologist known for both his research on the gasteroid and polypore fungi, as well as his controversial views on naming conventions in taxonomy. He had a herbarium with a ...
,
Heinrich Rehm, and
Hans Sydow
Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925).
Career
Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional man ...
, who helped him identify his Brazilian collections.
Rick was a schoolteacher in
Feldkirch Feldkirch may refer to:
Places
* Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, a medieval city and capital of an administrative district in Austria
** Feldkirch (district), an administrative division of Vorarlberg, Austria
* Feldkirch (Hartheim), a village in the municip ...
from 1894 to 1898 before becoming a
theology
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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
social worker
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from 1915 to 1929, and finally
Professor
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of theology until 1942.
Selected works
Rick, J. (1960). "Basidiomycetes Eubasidii in Rio Grande do Sul - Brasilia 4. Meruliaceae, Polyporaceae e Boletaceae". ''Iheringia Série Botânica'' 7: 193–295.
Further reading
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See also
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:Taxa named by Johannes Rick
References
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1869 births
1946 deaths
Brazilian mycologists