Max Britzelmayr Explained

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.

References

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.lichenology.org/PDFs/Kaernefelt&al2012_LichenologyInGermany.pdf Lichenology.org Schlechtendalia
2. Web site: Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs: IndExs ExsiccataID=716452419 . IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München . 6 July 2024.