Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal (14 February 1895–23 June 1979) was a French

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 ...

and lichenologist, and a pioneer of

taxonomy image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme o ...

of the

Pezizomycetes Pezizomycetes are a class of fungi within the division Ascomycota. Pezizomycetes are apothecial fungi, meaning that their spore-producing/releasing bodies ( ascoma) are typically disk-like, bearing on their upper surfaces a layer of cylindrical ...

Selected publications

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Awards

The fungal genera '' Marcelleina'', '' Galiella'', and '' Legaliana'' are named in her honor for her contributions to fungal taxonomy of the Pezizomycetes.

References

1895 births 1979 deaths University of Paris alumni Columbia University alumni French lichenologists French mycologists French taxonomists {{Mycologist-stub