Patricio Ponce de León
Patricio Ponce de León (August 26, 1915 – February 26, 2010) was a Cuban mycologist. He was a professor at Belen School in Havana and at the University of Havana, and later a curator at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois. He wrote a monograph on the worldwide species of the family Geastraceae, the earthstar fungi. Ponce de León died in Miami, Florida.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Patricio-Ponce-de-Leon-87926705 |title=Dr. Patricio Ponce de Leon 1915 - 2010 - Obituary |work=Tributes.com |accessdate=2010-09-16}}
Taxa described
- Acutocapillitium 1976
- Acutocapillitium portoricense 1976
- Bovista cacao 1975
- Geastrum furfuraceum 1968
- Geastrum victorinii 1946
- Morganella stercoraria 1971
Selected publications
- Ponce de León P. (1968). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2452137 "A revision of the Family Geastraceae".] Fieldiana: Botany 31 (14): 303–352.
- Ponce de León P. (1969). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3949033 "A new member of Morganella".] Fieldiana: Botany 32 (6): 69–71.
- Ponce de León P. (1970). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2455592 "Revision of the genus Vascellum (Lycoperdaceae)".] Fieldiana: Botany 32 (9):109–126.
- Ponce de León P. (1971). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2643573 "Revision of the genus Morganella (Lycoperdaceae)."] Fieldiana: Botany 34 (3):27–44.
- Ponce de León P. (1975). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/822348 "Notes on Calvatia (Lycoperdaceae), I".] Fieldiana: Botany 38 (1):1–3.
- Ponce de León P. (1976). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2451658 "Acutocapillitium, a new genus in the Lycoperdaceae".] Fieldiana: Botany 38 (4):23–29.
- Ponce de León P. (1976). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2451698 "Notes on Calvatia (Lycoperdaceae), II : Calvatia cretacea (Berk.) Lloyd, an Arctic montane plant".] Fieldiana: Botany 38 (3):15–22.
- Singer R, Ponce de León P. (1983). "Sister Mary Cecilia Bodman, 1905–1982". Mycologia 75 (5):932–933. {{JSTOR|3792792}}
- Smith CW, Ponce de León P. (1982). "Hawaiian geastroid fungi". Mycologia 74 (5):712–717. {{JSTOR|3792856}}
- Singer R, Ponce de León P, Machol RE. (1984). "(42-44) Three Proposals to Amend the Code". Taxon 33 (4):745–47. {{JSTOR|1220807}}
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