Mall Vaasma | |
Birth Date: | 22 February 1945 |
Death Date: | 4 December 2009 |
Death Place: | Tartu, Estonia |
Nationality: | Estonian |
Alma Mater: | University of Tartu |
Occupation: | Mycologist |
Mall Vaasma (22 February 1945 – 4 December 2009) was one of Estonia's top mycologists. She graduated from the University of Tartu in 1974 with a degree in botany. After her graduation, she worked as a senior lab assistant[1] for Department of Mycology at the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany from 1973 [2] and at the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu from 2008 until her death in 2009 after being struck by a motorist while crossing the road in Tartu.[3]
She also co-authored a number of works on mushrooms.