Charles Tulasne     (1816 - 1884)


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 Biography
Selected publications

Biography

Most famous as the illustrator of Selecta Fungorum Carpologia Charles gave his brother Louis René much help in the latter's many mycological publications.

Selected Publications

 Charles Tulasne (1851) Fungi Hypogaei
An exploration of underground fungi.

Louis René Tulasne & Charles Tulasne (1861 - 1865) Selecta Fungorum Carpologia 3 vol.
In this magnificently illustrated work, the Tulasne brothers introduced (and illustrated!) the idea of pleomorphy in fungi, the idea that a single parasitical fungus can have multiple hosts and a completely different physical form on each of those hosts.
The original is in Latin; an English translation by W. B. Grove was published in 1931.


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