Sebastian Killermann (1870 - 1956)
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Biography
studies theology at Fribourg (Switzerland) and Munich
studies theology and natural science at Regensburg
1893 earns Dr. rer. nat. degree (Doctor of natural things) at Regensburg
1895 ordained a priest; serves as assistant priest in Abendsberg
1899 takes the state (teaching?) exam in natural history
1901 appointed prefect in a boy's seminary in Regensburg; also appointed professor for natural science in the lyceum in Regensburg
1901 collecting trip through Scandanavia
1905 collecting trip to Corsica
1907 collecting trip to what was then Palestine and to (on the way?) "south-eastern Europe"
1910 appointed professor of the university at Regensburg
1930 elected first president of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pilzkunde (German Mushroom-hunters Association)
In spite of his collecting trips, Killermann published mainly on the non-gilled mushrooms of Bavaria. He seems to have stopped publishing during the 30s, and was in charge of reorganizing the German Mushroom-hunters Association after World War II.
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Sources
Heinrich Dörfelt & Heike Heklau (1998) Die Geschichte der Mykologie
(Die Geschichte der Mykologie)
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Selected Publications
Sebastian Killermann (1904) "Morcheln und andere Helvellaceen aus Bayern" (Morels and other Helvellaceae in Bavaria) in Kryptogamische Forschungen der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora (Cryptogamic investigations of the Bavarian Botanical Association for the Investigation of the Native Flora) 3 pp. 148 - 154The morels aren't in the Helvellaceae any more
Sebastian Killermann (1919) "Ueber den Hexenpilz (Boletus luridus Schäff.) und Verwandte" (On the Witch's Mushroom, Boletus luridus Ja.C. Schaeffer and its relatives) in Kryptogamische Forschungen der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora (Cryptogamic investigations of the Bavarian Botanical Association for the Investigation of the Native Flora) 4 pp. 336 - 343
Sebastian Killermann (1921) "Pilze aus Bayern. Kritische Studien besonderer zu M. Britzelmayr: Standortsangeben und (kurze) Bestimmungstabellen: I. Thelephoraceen, Hydnaceen, Polyporaceen, Clavariaceen und Tremellaceen" (Fungi of Bavaria. Critical studies with special attention to the work of Max Britzelmayr: determinations of [taxonomic] position and (short) keys.
<--!Actually, "Standortsanganbeben" means that he's just going to tell you where things go; my translation is a little less authoritarian.--> Thelephoraceae, Hydnaceae Polyporaceae, Clavariaceae and Tremellaceae) in Denkschriften der Bayerieschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (Scientific Papers of the Bavarian Botanical Association) 134 pp.
Sebastian Killermann (1923 - 1925) "Pilze aus Bayern. Kritische Studien besonderer zu M. Britzelmayr: Standortsangeben und (kurze) Bestimmungstabellen: II. Boleteae, Tenaces, Rhodosporae, Ochrosporae" (Fungi of Bavaria. Critical studies with special attention to the work of Max Britzelmayr: determinations of [taxonomic] position and (short) keys.
<--!Actually, "Standortsanganbeben" means that he's just going to tell you where things go; my translation is a little less authoritarian.--> Boleti, Tenaces, Rhodosporae, Ochrosporae) in Denkschriften der Bayerieschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (Scientific Papers of the Bavarian Botanical Association) 123 pp.I don't know the modern equivalent of the taxon Tenaces; I was unable to find it in The Dictionary of Fungi.
Sebastian Killermann (1928) "Pilze aus Bayern. Kritische Studien besonderer zu M. Britzelmayr: Standortsangeben und (kurze) Bestimmungstabellen: III. Cortinarius. Paxillus" (Fungi of Bavaria. Critical studies with special attention to the work of Max Britzelmayr: determinations of [taxonomic] position and (short) keys.
<--!Actually, "Standortsanganbeben" means that he's just going to tell you where things go; my translation is a little less authoritarian.--> Cortinarius. Paxillus) in Denkschriften der Bayerieschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (Scientific Papers of the Bavarian Botanical Association) 78 pp.
Sebastian Killermann (1928) Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien: Unterklasse Eubasidii. Reihe Hymenomyceteae (Unterreihen Tremellineae und Hymenomycetineae) (ed. by Engler and Prantl Subclass Eubasidii: the Hymenomyceteae (Tremellineae und Hymenomycetineae)) pp. 99 - 290
Sebastian Killermann (1929) "Die Bulgaria - - Fr. Gruppe" (The Bulgaria Fries group) in Hedwigia 69:1 pp. 84 - 93A revision of the genera Coryne, Bulgaria, Burkardia, Bulgariopsis and Neobulgaria
Sebastian Killermann (1929) "Bayerische Becherpilze: I. Eupezizaceen. Mit kritischen Bemerkungen" (Bavarian flask-fungi I. True pezizas. With critical remarks) in Kryptogamische Forschungen der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora (Cryptogamic investigations of the Bavarian Botanical Association for the Investigation of the Native Flora)
Sebastian Killermann (1931) "Pilze aus Bayern. Kritische Studien besonderer zu M. Britzelmayr: Standortsangeben und (kurze) Bestimmungstabellen: IV. Leucosporae, 1. Abteilung" (Fungi of Bavaria. Critical studies with special attention to the work of Max Britzelmayr: determinations of [taxonomic] position and (short) keys.
<--!Actually, "Standortsanganbeben" means that he's just going to tell you where things go; my translation is a little less authoritarian.--> Leucosporae, 1st section) in Denkschriften der Bayerieschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (Scientific Papers of the Bavarian Botanical Association) 127 pp.
Sebastian Killermann (1934) "Die Gattungen Typhula und Pistillaria. Kritische Darstellung und neue Arten" (The genera Typhula und Pistillaria. Critical overview and new species) in Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde (Newspaper for Mushroom People) 13:4 pp. 98 - 108
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