Johann Friedrich Klotzsch

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Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805 – 1860) was a German pharmacist and botanist.

His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom. In taxonomy, his name is abridged to Klotzsch.

Selected works

Mykologische Berichtigungen zu der nachgelassenen Sowerbyschen Sammlung, so wie zu den wenigen in Linneschen Herbarium vorhandenen Pilzen nebst Aufstellung einiger ausländischer Gattungen und Arten (Mycological determinations for the addenda to the Sowerby collection, a few of [the fungi] on stock in the Linnaean herbarium, with a presentation of some of the foreign genera and species) in Linnaea 7 pp. 193 - 203 (1832)

Herbarium vivum mycologicum sistens fungorum per totam Germaniam crescentium collectionem perfectam (Living mycological herbarium for the increase and perfection of the collection of all the fungi of Germany) (1832)

The standard author abbreviation Klotzsch may be used to indicate this person in citing a botanical name.

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