Alec Wood

Alec E. Wood (10 September 1933 - 23 March 2016) was a mycologist affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia who published major studies, describing a large number of new species, in the genera Galerina[1] and Amanita.[2] With Tom May, he co-authored Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota in 1997.[3][4]

He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.[5]

See also

References
  1. Wood AE (2001) "Studies in the genus Galerina." Australian Systematic Botany 14, 615–676
  2. Wood AE. (1997) "Studies in the genus Amanita (Agaricales) in Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 10: 723–854
  3. T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1997) Fungi of Australia Volume 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-05929-6
  4. "Wood, Alec Edward". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. Wood AE. (1990). Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney. ISBN 0-86840-044-0
  6. International Plant Names Index.  A.E.Wood.


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