Marcel Josserand (5 October 1900 – 28 March 1992) was a French mycologist.

Biography

Marcel Josserand was born in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...

in 1900 and died also in Lyon in 1992. He devoted the greater part of his life to the study of fungi, especially those normally described as mushrooms (that is, agarics). In 1923, he co-created the Mycological section of the Linnaean Society of Lyon, of which he was later president at various times. From 1938 he collaborated with the famous mycologist Robert Kühner in Lyon. His best-known book was "La description des Champignons supérieurs (Basiodiomycètes charnus) - technique descriptive, vocabulaire raisonné du descripteur" .

Relevant species

Two examples of fungi for which he was the name author are '' Macrocystidia cucumis'' (Pers.) Joss. in 1934 and '' Lepiota ignivolvata'' Bousset & Joss. ex Joss. in 1990 following an earlier description in 1948. Also the following mushrooms were all named after him. *''Cortinarius josserandii'' Bidaud (1994) *''Dermoloma josserandii'' Dennis & P.D. Orton (1960) *''Gerronema josserandii'' Singer (1963) *'' Gymnopilus josserandii'' Antonín (2000) *''Russula josserandii'' Bertault (1977) *''Strossmayeria josserandii'' (Grélet) Bertault (1970) *''Tricholoma josserandii'' Bon (1975) *''Zelleromyces josserandii'' Malençon (1976)

References

1900 births 1992 deaths French mycologists {{France-scientist-stub