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Wilhelm Kirschstein

Wilhelm Kirschstein (2 October 1863 - 1946 in Groß Behnitz bei Nauen) was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.

During his career, he taught classes in Rathenow and Berlin-Pankow. As a taxonomist, he described the mycological families Niessliaceae and Mytilinidiaceae as well as naming numerous fungi genera and species.

The mycological genera Kirschsteinia <small>Syd., 1906</small> Kirschsteiniella <small>Petr., 1923</small> and Kirschsteiniothelia <small>D.Hawksw. (1985)</small> are all named in his honor.

Selected bibliography

  • Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg 66: 23-29., 1924 – Contributions to the knowledge of the Ascomycetes.
  • Neue und seltene Ascomyceten. Annales Mycologici 33: 202-229., 1935 – New and rare Ascomycetes.
  • Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten und ihrer Nebenformen besonders aus der Mark Brandenburg und dem Bayerischen Walde. Annales Mycologici 34: 180-210., 1936 – Contributions to the knowledge of Ascomycetes and its variants, particularly from Mark Brandenburg and the Bavarian Forest.
  • Pilze: Sphaerellaceae. Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg 7 (3): 305-448, 1938 – Fungi: Sphaerellaceae.
  • Über neue, seltene und kritische Ascomyceten und Fungi Imperfecti. I. Annales Mycologici 36 (5-6): 367-400., 1938 – About new, rare and critical Ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti.

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