Egon Horak

Egon Horak (born Innsbruck in 1937) is an Austrian mycologist who has described more than 1000 species of fungi, including many from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and South America.^[1] He was an executive editor of the scientific journal Sydowia from 1975 to 1989, and a member of the editorial board afterwards.^[2]

Selected publications

• Horak, E.; Moser, M. (1965). Fungi Austroamericani. XII. Studien zur Gattung Thaxterogaster Singer. Nova Hedwigia 10 (1,2): 211—241.
• Horak, E. (1971). Contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales s.l. (Fungi) of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9 (3): 463—493.
• Moser, M.; Horak, E. (1975). Cortinarius Fr. und nahe verwandte Gattungen in Südamerika. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 52: 1-628.
• Horak, E. (1977, publ. 1978). Entoloma in South America I. Sydowia 30 (1-6): 40-111.
• Horak, E. (1979, publ. 1980). Fungi, Basidiomycetes. Agaricales y Gasteromycetes secotioides. In S.A. Guarrera, I.J. Gamundí de Amos & C.M. Matteri [eds], Flora Criptogámica de Tierra del Fuego 11 (6): 524 pp.
• Horak, E. (1985). Die Pilzflora (Macromyceten) und ihre Oekologie in fünf Pflanzengesellschaften der montan-subalpinen Stufe des Unterengadins (Schweiz). Ergebnisse der Wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung des Schweizerischen Nationalparks 12 (6): 337—476.
• Horak, E. (1987). Astrosporina in the alpine zone of the Swiss National Park (SNP) and adjacent regions. In G.A. Laursen, J.F. Ammirati & S.A. Redhead [eds], Arctic and Alpine Mycology 2: 205—234.
• Horak, E. (1987, publ. 1988). New species of Dermocybe (Agaricales) from New Zealand. Sydowia 40: 81-112.
• Horak, E. (1990). Monograph of the New Zealand Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales). New Zealand Journal of Botany 28 (3): 255—306.
• Horak, E.; Baici, A. (1990). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Basidiomycota (Aphyllophorales s.l. — Heterobasidiomycetes) im Unterengadin (GR, Schweiz). Mycologia Helvetica 3 (4): 351—384.
• Horak, E.; Wood, A.E. (1990). Cortinarius Fr. (Agaricales) in Australasia. 1. Subgen. Myxacium and subgen. Paramyxacium. Sydowia 42: 88-168.
• Gamundí, I.J.; Horak, E. (1993). Hongos de los Bosques Andino-Patagónicos. Guía Para el Reconocimiento de las Especies Más Comunes y Atractivas. 141 pp.
• Bougher, N.L.; Fuhrer, B.A.; Horak, E. (1994). Taxonomy and biogeography of Australian Rozites species mycorrhizal with Nothofagus and Myrtaceae. Australian Systematic Botany 7 (4): 353—375.
• Maas Geesteranus, R.A.; Horak, E. (1995). Mycena and related genera from Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. Bibliotheca Mycologica 159: 143—229.

Eponymous taxa

Fungal taxa named after Horak include:

• Horakia Oberw. 1976
• Horakiella Castellano & Trappe 1992
• Horakomyces Raithelh. 1983
• Boletus horakii T.N.Lakh. & R.Sharma 1989
• Ciboria horakii Svrček 1960
• Cortinarius horakii E.Valenz. & Esteve-Rav. 1994^[3]
• Hohenbuehelia horakii Courtec. 1984^[4]
• Inocybe horakii Raithelh. 1977^[5]
• Lactarius horakii Nuytinck & Verbeken 2006^[6]
• Pluteus horakianus Rodr.-Alcánt. 2009^[7]
• Psathyrella horakiana Raithelh. 1990^[8]
• Pseudomitrula horakii Gamundí 1980^[9]
• Psilocybe horakii Guzmán 1978^[10]
• Clitopilus horakii Pacioni & Lalli 1984^[11]
• Tricholoma horakii Raithelh. 1972^[12]

See also

• List of mycologists

References

1. Landcare Research NZ (2015). "EGON HORAK’S SLIDES OF NEW ZEALAND FUNGI". Fungal & Plant Disease Collection (PDD). Landcare Research New Zealand Limited. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
2. Petrini O, Petrini LE. "On occasion of his 60th Anniversary". Sydowia: 107–108.
3. Valenzuela E, Esteve-Raventós F. (1994). "Cortinarius horakii, a new species from Chile". Mycological Research 98 (8): 937–938. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80266-9.
4. Courtecuisse R. (1984). "Notes de nomenclature concernant les hyménomycètes : sur quelques épithètes spécifiques préoccupées - 1". Documents Mycologiques (in French) 14 (54–55): 73–92.
5. Raithelhuber J. (1977). "Hongos Argentinos. II" (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: 128.
6. Nuytinck J, Wang XH, Verbeken A. (2006). "Descriptions and taxonomy of the Asian representatives of Lactarius sect. Deliciosi" (PDF). Fungal Diversity 22: 171–203.
7. Rodríguez O, Galván-Corona A, Villalobos-Arámbula AR, Vargas G, Guzmán-Dávalos L. (2009). "Pluteus horakianus, a new species based on morphological and molecular data". Sydowia 61 (1): 39–52.
8. Raithelhuber J. "Diagnoses fungorum et combinationes novae". Metrodiana Sonderheft 4 (1): 1–22 (see p. 16).
9. Gamundí IJ. "Subantarctic Geoglossaceae. II". Sydowia 32 (1-6): 86–98.
10. Guzmán G. (1978). "The species of Psilocybe known from Central and South America". Mycotaxon 7 (2): 225–55 (see p. 244).
11. Pacioni G, Lalli G. "Entità micologiche del Parco Nazionale del Circeo XIII-XV" (in Italian) 13 (1): 77–81.
12. Raithelhuber J. (1972). "Lateinische Kurzdiagnosen der auf der Dreiländertagung in Neubulach vorgestellten Pilzarten aus Argentinien. 2". Metrodiana (in German) 3 (1): 27–29.
13. "Author Query for 'E.Horak'". International Plant Names Index.