John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières

French amateur mycologist (1786–1862)

Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in Lille – 23 June 1862 in Lambersart) was a merchant of Lille and an amateur mycologist.^[1] He was the editor of the scientific journals "Annales des sciences naturelles" and the "Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille".^[2]

He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851) ^[3] and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861).^[4] In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus Mycoderma, titled "Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma".^[5]^[6]

He was the binomial author of the fungi species Agaricus radians ^[7] and Aspergillus clavatus.^[8]

Eponymous taxa

Desmazierella Lib. (1829), genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae,
Desmazieria (now Ramalina and Niebla, genera of lichen)
Neoascochyta desmazieri (Cavara) Qian Chen & L. Cai, 2015, species of fungi, (syn. Ascochyta desmazieri)
Cainia desmazieri C.Moreau & E.Müll. ex Krug (1977)
Meloderma desmazieri Darker, 1967

The standard author abbreviation Desm. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[9]

References

^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Anon (1862). "Notice nécrologique sur J.-H. Desmazières". Bulletin de la Société de Botanique de Belgique (in French). 1 (1): 102–5. JSTOR 20790166.
^ GBIF France Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Consultation de la collection: Plantes cryptogames du nord de la France. J.B.H.J.Desmazières
^ Universiteit Gent Archived 2014-01-15 at the Wayback Machine Herbarium, Department of Biology
^ MycoBank Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma.
^ Mushroom the Journal biographical information
^ Mycobank Agaricus radians
^ Mycobank Aspergillus clavatus
^ International Plant Names Index. Desm.