Charles Drechsler
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Biography
A pioneer in the study of Oomycetes and the carnivorous fungi.
Barron says
Stationed at Beltsville, Maryland, Drechsler was interested in Pythium and Phytophthora parasitic on the roots of higher plants. By plating out diseased roots on weak nutrient agar, Drechsler created by chance the environment that turned out to be most suitable for the development of bacteria, microscopic animals, and the fungi that attacked these microscopic animals. It was these predatory and parasitic fungi that now attracted Drechsler's attention. Drechsler is a keen observer, a careful recorder, a prodigious worker and a superlative illustrator. Since 1933 he has published a continuing series of contributions on the predators and parasites of microscopic animals that stands as a classic in the mycological literature.
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Sources
George L. Barron (1977) The nematode-destroying fungi
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Selected Publications
Charles Drechsler (1919) "Morphology of the genus Actinomyces: 2" in Botanical Gazette 67:2 pp. 147 - 168
Charles Drechsler (1919) "Morphology of the genus Actinomyces: 1" in Botanical Gazette 67:1 pp. 65 - 83
Fred Reuel Jones & Charles Drechsler (1920) "Crownwart of alfalfa caused by Urophlyctis alfalfae" in Journal of Agricultural Research 20:4 pp. 295 - 324
Charles Drechsler (1923) "Some graminicolous species of Helminthosporium" in Journal of Agricultural Research 24 pp. 641 - 740
Charles Drechsler (1930) "Some new species of Pythium" in Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 20:16 pp. 398 - 418
Charles Drechsler (1934) "Organs of capture in some fungi preying on nematodes" in Mycologia 26:2 pp. 135 - 144
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Genera
Acaulopage Drechsler
Aplectosoma Drechsler
Ballocephala Drechsler
Bdellospora Drechsler
Cochlonema Drechsler
Endocochlus Drechsler
Euryancale Drechsler
Haptoglossa Drechsler
Meristacrum Drechsler
Stylopage Drechsler
Zoopage Drechsler
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