James Robert Weir

James Robert Weir
Born 1882
Scottsberg, Indiana
Died 1943
Institutions
Alma mater
Thesis Untersuchungen über die Gattung Coprinus (1911)
Author abbrev. (botany) Weir

James Robert Weir (1882–1943) was an American mycologist specializing in wood decaying fungi and forest pathology. He advised Henry Ford on rubber plantations and was head of The U.S. National Fungus Collections.[1]

References

  1. Natural History Museum. "Weir, James Robert (1882-1943)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. "Author Query for 'Weir'". International Plant Names Index.


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