Egon Horak
Egon Horak (* 1937 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian professor of biology .
biography
Egon Horak studied biology and geology at the University of Innsbruck and did his doctorate with Meinhard Moser . From 1985 to 2002 he was professor of botany ( systematics and ecology of fungi ) at the ETH Zurich . Since his retirement he has been working as a consultant at the Herbarium Zurich .
Egon Horak is a proven expert in the field of mycology , in particular the thick boletus and mushroom relatives . He is a founding member of the International Symposia of Arctic-Alpine Mycology (ISAM). His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " E. Horak ".
Several types of mushrooms such as the milkling Lactarius horakii from Indonesia were named after him.
literature
- Horak, Egon: Röhrlinge and leaf mushrooms in Europe 6th edition, Elsevier-Verlag (2005), ISBN 978-3-8274-1478-6
Web links
- Literature by and about Egon Horak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Horak, Egon (1937-) at the International Plant Names Index
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horak, Egon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | E. Horak (botanical-mycological author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mycologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |