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    Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Persoon was born...
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    "vegetal substance" or "flower." In 1822, South African botanist, Christian Hendrik Persoon named the mother of vinegar Mycoderma, which he believed was a...
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    Mycena pura (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    the family Mycenaceae. First called Agaricus prunus in 1794 by Christian Hendrik Persoon, it was assigned its current name in 1871 by German Paul Kummer...
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    fungus in the family Clavariaceae. It was originally described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1795. Clavaria fumosa has a fruiting body which is 2–14 centimetres...
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     angusticeps and M. elata. It was first introduced by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1818, as a superfluous name for the old taxon Morchella continua...
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  • slaver ship Meermin. 1 February 1761 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, mycologist, is born in the Cape Colony 1760 – Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor of the Cape...
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    Russula (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    gills are broken. The genus was described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796. Christian Hendrik Persoon first circumscribed the genus Russula in his...
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    Pleospora herbarum (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    was first described under the name Sphaeria herbarum by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1801. Persoon CH. (1801). Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (in Latin). p...
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    Geastrum rufescens (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    family Geastraceae. It was first described scientifically by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1801. It has a pale pinkish-buff to pinkish exoperidium and...
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    most of which are coprophilous. The genus was circumscribed by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1796. Species include: Ascobolus albidus Ascobolus americanus...
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    fruits in autumn. It was first described scientifically in 1809 by Christian Hendrik Persoon. "Lycoperdon lividum Pers". Species Fungorum. CAB International...
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    Amylostereum chailletii (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    was originally described in 1822 as Thelephora chailletii by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1822, and given its current name when it was moved into Amylostereum...
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    Amanita (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    with its current meaning by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1797. Under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Persoon's concept of Amanita, with...
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    Mediterranean milk cap regarded for its flavor. Dutch mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon added the varietal epithet lactifluus in 1801, before English...
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    the Russulales. The genus Hericium was originally described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1794. It was mentioned by Elias Magnus Fries in the Systema...
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    used by Christian Hendrik Persoon in his Synopsis Methodica Fungorum (1801) are sanctioned and automatically replace earlier names. Since Persoon used the...
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  • physician, geologist, political activist Claude Perrault — architect Christian Hendrik Persoon — South African botanist Pope John XXI — pope Scott Powell — co-founder...
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    Ramaria decurrens (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    was originally described under the name Clavaria decurrens by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1822. "Ramaria decurrens (Pers.) R.H. Petersen 1981". MycoBank...
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    Ramaria sanguinea (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    in the family Gomphaceae. The species was first described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1799. It was transferred to the genus Ramaria by Lucien Quélet...
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    Phallus in his Species Plantarum; the named was later sanctioned by Christian Hendrik Persoon when he used it in his 1801 Synopsis Methodica Fungorum. Some...
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    January 17 – James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832) February 1 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, South African mycologist (d. 1836) February 3 – Dorothea von...
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  • Conoplea is a genus of fungi first described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1801. The eight members of the genus are anamorphic versions of Sarcosomataceae...
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    molecular phylogenetic evidence. The genus Lactarius was described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1797 with L. piperatus as the original type species. In 2011...
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    Daedalea (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on the type D. quercina and four other species. The generic...
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    Dutch scientist Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin as Lichen sarcoides. Christian Hendrik Persoon called it Peziza sarcoides in 1801. Elias Magnus Fries, in his...
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    fungi producing fruit bodies with an ear-like shape. In 1822 Christian Hendrik Persoon restricted the genus to two gelatinous species, Auricularia mesenterica...
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    Agaricus micaceus in his work Herbier de la France. In 1801, Christian Hendrik Persoon grouped together all of the gilled fungi that auto-digested (deliquesced)...
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    Tricholoma terreum (category Taxa named by Jacob Christian Schäffer)
    as Agaricus terreus by Jacob Christian Schäffer in 1762, and as Agaricus myomyces by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1794. It was given its current...
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    valid according to nomenclatural rules, because it was used by Christian Hendrik Persoon to refer to another species in his 1801 Synopsis methodica fungorum...
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  • Sarcodon bubalinus (category Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon)
    of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. First described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1825 as Hydnum bubalinum, it was transferred to the genus Sarcodon...
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