Max Britzelmayr

Max Britzelmayr (1839-1909)

Max Britzelmayr (January 7, 1839 – December 6, 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]

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

1. Lichenology.org Schlechtendalia (biographical information)
2. "Author Query for 'Britzelm.'". International Plant Names Index.