botanist
Elias Magnus Fries.
Swedish biologist considered to be one of the founding fathers of the modern taxonomy of mushrooms (1794–1878)
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About Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to thousands of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today.
Everything about Elias Magnus Fries →- Occupation
- botanist, pteridologist, bryologist, mycologist
- Position held
- seat 14 of the Swedish Academy, rector, university teacher, professor
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- August 15, 1794
- Died
- February 8, 1878