Louis-Luc Godey (8 September 1813 in

Saint-Lô Saint-Lô (, ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in northwest France, the capital of the Manche department in the region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy.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 ...

known for his detailed illustrations of many European species of

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. He was the first to describe ''Lepiota brebissonii'' (later reclassified as ''Leucocoprinus brebissonii'').''''

Career

Godey was originally an art teacher. He later trained as a doctor and took up mycology as a hobby while practicing in Normandy, working with the naturalist

Louis Alphonse de Brébisson Louis Alphonse de Brébisson (25 September 1798 – 26 April 1888) was a French botanist and photographer born in Falaise, Calvados. In his youth, he was interested in mineralogy and entomology, but his focus soon turned to botany. He is renowne ...

. A collection of his watercolours of fungi are held at the science library of the

University of Caen Normandy The University of Caen Normandy (French: ''Université de Caen Normandie''), also known as Unicaen, is a public university in Caen, France. History The institution was founded in 1432 by John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, the first rector ...

. The botanist

Claude Casimir Gillet Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in Dormans, department of Marne (department), Marne – 1 September 1896 in Alençon), was a French botanist and mycologist. He initially trained as a medical doctor and veterinarian. As a veterinarian, he w ...

published ''Les'' ''Hyménomycètes de France'' in 1874, the year after Godey's death, using paintings of Godey's that he had gained access to. Mycologist Jean-Philippine Rioult at the University of Caen discovered that in some cases Gillet had copied, traced, and in some cases published Godey's work as his own, only acknowledging Godey as having collected the described new species.

Works

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Algues des environs de Falaise.
'1835. with Brébisson

Legacy

The species ''

Inocybe godeyi ''Inocybe godeyi'' is a species of Inocybaceae fungus found in Europe. The species produces mushrooms with cone-shaped caps up to in diameter. The caps are cream, becoming browner, but they bruise red. The stem is up to long, and has a "bulb" ...

'' was named in his honour.

References

1813 births 1873 deaths French mycologists {{mycologist-stub