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Elias Magnus Fries
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Elias Magnus Fries

Scientist · born August 15, 1794 · died 1878

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Elias Magnus Fries was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to thousands of fungus and lichen species, many of which remain authoritative today.

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  1. ~30Became professor1824
  2. ~59Became rector1853
  3. ~65Became emeritus1859

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