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.
- 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
