Paul Sydow Explained

Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf)^[1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946).

He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of ascomycetes, rusts and smuts.^[2] Paul Sydow was a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having formally described 2331 in his career.^[3] He also wrote about algae. He authored 252 works in five languages.^[4] Between 1880 and 1916 Sydow edited seven exsiccata series.^[5]

Works

• Paul Sydow: Die Flechten Deutschlands : Anleitung zur Kenntnis und Bestimmung der deutschen Flechten, 1887.
• Paul and Hans Sydow: Monographia Uredinearum : seu specierum omnium ad hunc usque diem cognitarum descriptio et adumbratio systematica, 1904–1924.^[6]
• Gustav Lindau and Paul Sydow: Thesaurus literaturae mycologicae et lichenologicae. (1908–1917, 5 volumes).

He also made contributions to volume 12 of Pier Andrea Saccardo's Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum, 1897,^[4] as well as volume 11 of his Annales Mycologici.^[7]

Honours

Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including;^[8]

• Sydowia (family Dothioraceae) by Bres. in 1895^[9]
• Sydowiellina (family Schizothyriaceae) by Bat. & I.H.Lima in 1959 (named after father and son, Sydow)

External links

• • Paul Sydow biography

Notes and References

1. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/187070.html UNI Goettingen
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=IFD4_VFRDdUC&dq=%22Sydow%2C+Paul%22+1851&pg=PA673 Google Books
3. Robert Lücking . Lücking . Robert . Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective . Megataxa . 1 . 1 . 2020 . 10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16 . 78–103 [85].
4. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr00-31893 WorldCat Identities
5. Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
6. http://www.idref.fr/143761846 IDREF.fr
7. Web site: Saccardo, P.A. 1913. Notae mycologicae. Series XVI. Annales Mycologici. 11(4):312-325 . Bensch . K. . 2020 . MycoBank . International Mycological Association (IMA) and the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute . 14 March 2020.
8. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
9. Web site: Sydowia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 11 November 2022.