Max Britzelmayr

German mycologist and lichenologist

Max Britzelmayr (7 January 1839 – 6 December 1909) was a German mycologist and lichenologist who was a native of Augsburg.

He spent his career as a schoolteacher and Kreisschulinspektor (school district administrator) in Augsburg. He is known for his research of a class of fungi known as Hymenomycetes. He also conducted investigations of lichens native to southern Bavaria, including the Allgäu Alps.^[1] In 1903 Britzelmayr started to issue exsiccata-like series, namely Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs.^[2]

List of Publications

Dermini und Melanospori aus Südbayern, (Dermini and Melanspora of southern Bavaria); (1883)
Hymenomyceten aus Südbayern, (Hymenomycetes of southern Bavaria); (1894)
Zur Hymenomyceten-Kunde, (Study of Hymenomycetes); (1895)
Materialien zur Beschreibung der Hymenomyceten, (Materials for the description of Hymenomycetes); (1897). Botanisches Zentralblatt 71: 49–59, 87–96.
Die Lichenen der Allgäuer Alpen. (Lichens of the Allgäu Alps); (1900), Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg (A. V.) in Augsburg 34: 73–139.

The standard author abbreviation Britzelm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

References

Pilzverein Augsburg Königsbrunn (translated biography of Max Britzelmayr)
Records from the Cyberliber bibliographic database

^ Lichenology.org Schlechtendalia (biographical information)
^ "Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs: IndExs ExsiccataID=716452419". IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^ International Plant Names Index. Britzelm.