Kuulo Kalamees (born 15 April 1934 in

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

) is an

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n mycologist. Since 1959, he has taught at the

University of Tartu The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

and the

Estonian University of Life Sciences The Estonian University of Life Sciences ( Estonian: ''Eesti Maaülikool'', EMÜ) is a public university located in Tartu, Estonia. Its roots trace back to 1802 when the Chair of Agriculture was founded in the University of Tartu. EMÜ is the fo ...

; since 1997

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. He has described several genera, e.g. ''

Tricholomella ''Tricholomella'' is a fungal genus in the family Lyophyllaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species ''Tricholomella constricta'', described as new to science by the Ukrainian mycologist Mariya Yakovlevna Zerova in 1979. Zerov ...

''.

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Living people 1934 births Estonian mycologists University of Tartu alumni Academic staff of the University of Tartu Academic staff of the Estonian University of Life Sciences People from Tartu {{mycologist-stub