John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières Explained

Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in Lille - 23 June 1862 in Lambersart) was a merchant of Lille and an amateur mycologist. He was the editor of the scientific journals "Annales des sciences naturelles" and the "Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille".

He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851)^[1] ^[2] and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861).^[3] ^[4] In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus Mycoderma, titled "Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma".^[5] ^[6]

He was the binomial author of the fungi species Agaricus radians ^[7] and Aspergillus clavatus.^[8]

Eponymous taxa

Desmazierella, genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae,
Desmazieria (now Ramalina and Niebla, genera of lichen)
Neoascochyta desmazieri, species of fungi, (syn. Ascochyta desmazieri)
Cainia desmazieri
Meloderma desmazieri

External links

works by John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières

Notes and References

http://www.gbif.fr/gbif_old/themes/gbif/meta/consult/php/detailed_results.php?i=922 GBIF France
Web site: Plantes cryptogames du nord de la France, Ed. 1: IndExs ExsiccataID=670804261 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 15 July 2024.
http://www.ugent.be/we/biology/en/research/mycology/herbarium Universiteit Gent
Web site: Plantes cryptogames de France, Ed. 2, Series 2: IndExs ExsiccataID=119256437 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 15 July 2024.
http://fr.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Link=T&TableKey=14682616000000061&Rec=15314&Fields=All MycoBank
http://www.mushroomthejournal.com/greatlakesdata/Authors/Desmazires733.html Mushroom the Journal
http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=240756 Mycobank
http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=211530 Mycobank