Maurice Gustave Benoît Choisy (29 June 1897 – 19 June 1966) 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. He was a member of the
Botanical Society of France, the
Mycological Society of France, and the . He was president of the botanical section of the latter society from 1949 to 1950.
Species named after Choisy include ''
Dermatocarpon choisyi'' ;
''
Haematomma choisyi'' ;
and ''
Lecidea choisyi'' .
Selected publications
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See also
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:Taxa named by Maurice Choisy
References
1897 births
1966 deaths
French mycologists
French lichenologists
20th-century French scientists
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