Josef Adolf von Arx

Josef Adolf von Arx (1922 - 1988)

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Biography

1942 - 1946 studies at the Technical Hochschule in Zürich, where he is assistant to Gäumann in the hochschule's Botanical Institute.

1947 internship at the Natural History Museum in Vienna

1949 publishes paper on Mycosphaerella, starts working at a phytopathology lab in Baarn, Netherlands

1963 - 1986 director of the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (Central Bureau for Mold Cultures) in Baarn, lectures at the University of Utrecht

1972 starts the publication series "Studies in Mycology"

von Arx was an industrious taxonomist, who published vigorously on all types of fungi. He also wrote some very successful text and reference books, especially on fungal characteristics in culture, which he was excellently situated to do research on.
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Sources

Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)

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Selected Publications

Josef Adolf von Arx (1949) "Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Gattung Mycosphaerella" (Introduction to Knowledge of the Genus Mycosphaerella) in Sydowia 3 pp. 28 - 100

Josef Adolf von Arx (1957) Revision der zu Gloeosporium gestellten Pilze (Revision of the fungi that resemble Gloeosporium)

Josef Adolf von Arx (1967) Pilzkunde (Kinds of Mushrooms)

A popular European textbook

Josef Adolf von Arx (1970) The genera of fungi sporulating in pure culture

This book tells how to identify your fungus from the characteristics it has when growing in a petri dish. This method of identification is used when you're trying to identify an immature or mangled fruiting body.