The Christian Hendrik Persoon reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Jul-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Christian Hendrik Persoon

Christian Hendrik Persoon (February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. He was influenced by Elias Magnus Fries. Persoon was born in South Africa, of Dutch and German descent. He died in poverty in Paris.

His works include Observationes mycologicae (1795-1799), Synopsis methodica Fungorum (1801) and Mycologica Europaea (1822-1828).

This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This is the "Christian Hendrik Persoon" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.