Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal
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Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal | |
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Born | [1] Amiens, France | February 14, 1895
Died | [1] Amiens, France | June 23, 1979
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | University of Paris, Columbia University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany, mycology, biochemical taxonomy |
Institutions | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle |
Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal (14 February 1895–23 June 1979) was a French mycologist and lichenologist, and a pioneer of taxonomy of the Pezizomycetes. [1]
Selected publications[]
- Le Gal, Marcelle (1953). "Les discomycètes de Madagascar". Prodrome Flore Mycol. Madagascar. 4 (1): 1–465.
- Le Gal, Marcelle (1941). "Les Aleuria et les Galactinia". Rev. Mycol. (Paris). 6: 56–82.
- Le Gal, Marcelle (1957). "Le genre Leucoscypha". Boud. Bull. Jard. Bot. 27: 719–728.
- Le Gal, Marcelle (1958). "Le genre Melastiza". Bull. Soc. Mycol. France. 74: 149–154.
Awards[]
The fungal genera Marcelleina,[2] Galiella,[3] and [4] are named in her honor for her contributions to fungal taxonomy of the Pezizomycetes.
References[]
- ^ a b c Korf, Richard P. (1981). "Marcelle Le Gal: A reminisence". Mycotaxon. 13 (1): 1–4.
- ^ van Brummelen, Johannes (1967). "A world-monograph of the genera Ascobolus and Saccobolus (Ascomycetes, Pezizales)". Persoonia - Supplement. 1 (1): 1–260.
- ^ Korf, R.P. (1957). "Two bulgarioid genera: Galiella and Plectania". Mycologia. 49 (1): 107–111. doi:10.2307/3755734. JSTOR 3755734.
- ^ van Vooren, Nicholas (2020). "Reinstatement of old taxa and publication of new genera for naming some lineages of the Pezizaceae (Ascomycota)". Ascomycete.org. 12 (4): 179–192. doi:10.25664/ART-0305.
Categories:
- 1895 births
- 1979 deaths
- University of Paris alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- French lichenologists
- French mycologists
- French taxonomists
- Mycologist stubs