Louis Secretan     (1758 - 1839)




Image of Amanita virosa from Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1857 - 1879) Mycographia, seu Icones fungorum
Amanita virosa

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Biography
Sources
Selected publications
Species

Biography

born in Switzerland, studies law

1780     graduates from law school

1781     hired as a lawyer for the patent office in Bern

elected to Switzerland's congress

1798 - 1799     president of the general assembly

member of the general assembly and of the assembly of Kanton Waadt

1831     chief justice of the court of appeals


Image of Marasmiellus albuscortis from Jean Louis Émile Boudier (1904 - 1909) Icones mycologicae ou iconographie des champignons de France, principalement Discomycètes
Marasmiellus albuscortisSecretan named some of our most interesting mushrooms. See the entry on Destroying Angels for an update on his most famous one.
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Sources

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



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Selected Publications

Louis Secretan (1833) Mycographie Suisse, ou description des champignons qui croissant en Suisse, particulièrement dans le canton de Vaud, aux environs de Lausanne (Swiss Mycography, or description of the mushrooms that grow in Switzerland, particularly in the canton of Vaud, near Lausanne) 3 vol.


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Species

Agaricus arvensis Ja.C. Schaeffer: Secretan
Amanita inaurata Secretan
Amanita pantherina var. pantherina (De Candolle: Fries) Secretan
Amanita porphyria (Schweinitz & Albertini: Fries) Secretan
Amanita virosa Secretan
Cystoderma cinnabarinum (Albertini & Schweinitz: Secretan) Fayod
Marasmiellus albuscortis (Secretan) Singer
Russula densifolia (Secretan) C. C. Gillet
Russula rosacea (Persoon: Secretan) Fries
Russula xerampelina (Ja.C. Schaeffer: Secretan) Fries

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