Gustav Lindau

Gustav Lindau (2 May 1866 in Dessau – 10 October 1923 in Berlin), was a German mycologist and botanist.

Biography

Gustav Lindau was born on 2 May 1866 in Dessau (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany). He studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener (1829–1919). He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in 1888. In 1890, he became director at the botanical garden in Münster and an assistant to Julius Oscar Brefeld (1839–1925).

In 1892, he became an assistant at the Berlin botanical garden. He obtained his habilitation in 1894, and became a professor in 1902.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181650/http://www.ilmyco.gen.chicago.il.us/Authors/GLindau897.html Gustav Lindau (1866 - 1923)] Illinois Mycological Association He has been credited for having introduced the term "{{lichengloss|plechtenchyma}}" to refer to fungal tissue in an 1899 publication, which he proposed could be further adapted for specific tissue types by adding prefixes such as "{{lichengloss|paraplechtenchyma|para-}}" and "{{lichengloss|prosoplechtenchyma|proso-}}".{{cite journal |last=Mitchell |first=M.E. |year=2014 |title=De Bary's legacy: the emergence of differing perspectives on lichen symbiosis |journal=Huntia |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=5–22 |url=https://www.huntbotanical.org/admin/uploads/02hibd-huntia-15-1-pp05-22.pdf}}

Lindau died in Berlin on 10 October 1923. His entire collection of herbarium specimens and documents, stored in Berlin, was lost during the 1943 bombing raids.

Recognition

The genus Lindauea (Acanthaceae) was named in his honor by Rendle, (it is now a synonym of Lepidagathis {{small|Willd.}}{{cite web |title=Lindauea Rendle {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}), and the fungi genus Lindauella was named after him by Heinrich Rehm in 1900.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355072#page/39/mode/1up BHL] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications The fungus genus Lindauomyces, named by Koorders in 1907, is now a synonym of Arthrobotryum {{small|Ces.}}{{cite web |title=Lindauomyces Koorders, 1907 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6012085 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en}}

Works

Lindau contributed to nearly 40 publications, predominantly based on specimens collected from exotic locations during expeditions, which he later analyzed at the Berlin Museum.

Gustav Lindau and Paul Sydow: Thesaurus literaturae mycologicae et lichenologicae. (1908–1917, 5 volumes)
Gustav Lindau: Kryptogamenflora für Anfanger ("Cryptogam flora for Beginners"). (1911–1914, 6 volumes)

Literature

Heinrich Dörfelt (ed.):Encyclopedia of mycology. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, New York, 1989. {{ISBN|3-437-20413-0}}
Zander, R. in Dictionary of Plant Names ed. 13, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart,1984. {{ISBN|3-8001-5042-5}}))

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