Harry D. Thiers
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Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas
, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology
at San Francisco State University
for many years, and a number of notable mycologists active as of the 2000s began as his students. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of boletes and named many new species.
Species authored include:
The genus Chaetothiersia
was named in his honor.
Fort McKavett, Texas
Fort McKavett is a ghost town in Menard County, Texas, United States. It lies at the intersections of Farm to Market Road 864 and Farm to Market Road 1674, twenty miles southwest of the county seat Menard, Texas. Its elevation is 2,169 feet...
, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology
Mycology
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicinals , food and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or...
at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
for many years, and a number of notable mycologists active as of the 2000s began as his students. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of boletes and named many new species.
Species authored include:
- Boletus amygdalinusBoletus amygdalinusBoletus amygdalinus is a fungus of the bolete family found in western North America. The fruit bodies, or mushrooms, are characterized by their thick, red to brown caps, red pores, and the strong bluing reaction observed when the mushroom tissue is injured or cut. The cap can reach diameters of up...
- Boletus barrowsiiBoletus barrowsiiBoletus barrowsii, also known in English as the white king bolete after its pale colored cap, is an edible and highly regarded fungus in the genus Boletus that inhabits southwestern North America...
- Boletus pulcherrimusBoletus pulcherrimusBoletus pulcherrimus, commonly known as Alice Eastwood's boletus or the red-pored bolete, is a species of mushroom in the Boletaceae family. It is a large bolete from Western North America with distinguishing features that include a finely netted surface on the upper third of the stem, a red to...
- Gymnopilus luteoviridisGymnopilus luteoviridisGymnopilus luteoviridis is a widely distributed mushroom of the Eastern United States that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin.-Description:...
- Leccinum manzanitaeLeccinum manzanitaeLeccinum manzanitae is an edible species of fungus in the Boletaceae family of mushrooms. Commonly known as the Manzanita bolete for its association with Manzanita trees, it is recognized by its reddish to brown cap and tough stem with small black scales known as scabers.- Taxonomy :This species...
- Russula xanthoporphyrea
The genus Chaetothiersia
Chaetothiersia
Chaetothiersia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Chaetothiersia vernalis collected from the northern High Sierra Nevada of California...
was named in his honor.
External links
- "MSSF mourns Harry Thiers" by Mike Boom, Mycena News 50(9):1,7, September 2000.