Erhard Ludwig
Erhard Ludwig (born October 2, 1938 in Berlin ; † January 23, 2019 ) was a German mycologist from Berlin. Its official author's abbreviation is “ E. Ludw. "
Life
Ludwig attended grammar school until he graduated from high school in 1958. He then went through vocational training to become a customs inspector - his last post was Wilhelmshaven. In 1963 he moved to the Berlin State Service for the Senate Administration for Schools. There he last worked as a budget officer in the office of a government director. In 1996 he retired as part of the merger of Senate departments.
Erhard Ludwig was married and had two daughters.
Act
Ludwig was introduced to mushroom picking by his mother as a child. At the age of 16 he suffered severe mushroom poisoning - the trigger was a type that was considered a good edible mushroom at the time and is still consumed today, sometimes without immediate consequences. Since the age of 35, Ludwig has been studying mushrooms more intensively. He joined the German Society for Mycology and a small fungal research group in Berlin.
After initial failures in mushroom photography, the mycologist learned the watercolor technique autodidactically. He painted 3750 types of mushrooms in watercolor in an estimated 25,000 individual representations. The images formed the basis for a 6-volume mushroom iconography that he had been working on for 25 years. Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 have already been published - on July 9, 2007, Erhard Ludwig received the Anton de Bary Prize from the Regensburg Botanical Society for his work “Mushroom Compendium” . In the meantime, the mycologist has provided mushroom illustrations for specialist articles and books, has written his own specialist articles and has also discovered and described new types of fungus for science. In 2016 he was made an honorary member of the German Society for Mycology.
In 1991 Ludwig and other mushroom friends founded the Mushroom Science Working Group Berlin-Brandenburg eV (PABB), which consists of almost 50 members (as of 12/2011).
Fonts (selection)
Books
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 1: Illustrations. The smaller genera of macromycetes with a lamellar hymenophore from the orders Agaricales, Boletales and Polyporales . IHW-Verlag, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-42-5 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 1: Descriptions. The smaller genera of macromycetes with a lamellar hymenophore from the orders Agaricales, Boletales and Polyporales . IHW-Verlag, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-43-3 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 2: Illustrations. The larger genera of the Agaricales with colored spore powder (except Cortinariaceae) . Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-940316-00-4 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 2: Descriptions. The larger genera of the Agaricales with colored spore powder (except Cortinariaceae) . Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-940316-01-1 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 3: Illustrations. The remaining genera of the lamellar mushrooms with white spore powder - with the exception of Melanoleuca . Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-940316-02-8 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 3: Descriptions. The remaining genera of the lamellar mushrooms with white spore powder - with the exception of Melanoleuca . Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-940316-03-5 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 4: Illustrations. Cortinariaceae I - Cortinarius (part I), Galerina, Hebeloma, Hebelomina, Inocybe, Phaeogalera. Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-940316-04-2 .
- Mushroom Compendium. Volume 4: Descriptions. Cortinariaceae I - Cortinarius (part I), Galerina, Hebeloma, Hebelomina, Inocybe, Phaeogalera. Fungicon Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-940316-05-9 .
Single publications
- with Heinz Ebert and Thomas Rödig: New or rare species from the genus Entoloma. In: Journal of Mycology. 58 (2). German Society for Mycology 1992, pp. 185–196. (relevant taxa in this publication: Entoloma luteobasis , Entoloma ollare )
- with Heinz Engel, A. Dermek, W. Klofac and T. Brückner: Lubricants and Filzröhrlinge sl in Europe. 1996, ISBN 3-926470-08-9 . (question taxa in this publication: Boletellus ridiculus , berkeleyi Suillus , Suillus grisellus , Suillus lakei var. landkammeri , Suillus pinetorum , Suillus weaverae , Xerocomus armeniacus f. luteolus , Xerocomus brunneocitrinus , Xerocomus chrysenteron f. aereomaculatus , Xerocomus chrysenteron f. gracilis , Xerocomus luteovinaceus , Xerocomus minutiporus , Xerocomus persicolor , Xerocomus quercinus , Xerocomus sect. Armeniaci , Xerocomus spadiceomaculans , Xerocomus subilludens , Xerocomus subpalustris , Xerocomus subsect. Chrysenteri , Xerocomus subsect. Truncati , Xerocomus subtomentosus var. variicolor )
- A new star sprout - Hygroaster lacteus and the genera Hygroaster / Omphaliaster from today's perspective. In: Journal of Mycology. 63 (2). German Society for Mycology 1997, pp. 155–162. (relevant taxa in this publication: Hygroaster ianthinocystis , Hygroaster lacteus , Hygroaster nauseodulcis )
- Hygrocybe rigelliae (Velen.) E. Ludwig comb. nov. and Hygrocybe roseascens sp. nova, a related species from the subgenus Cuphophyllus (Agaricales, Hygrophoraceae, Tricholomataceae). In: Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 115 (1-2), 2004, pp. 35-42. (relevant taxa of this publication: Hygrocybe rigelliae , Hygrocybe roseascens )
- Les Entoloma de la sous-section Icterina. In: Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France. 120 (1-4). Société Mycologique de France 2004, pp. 73-77. (relevant taxon in this publication: Entoloma olivaceostipitatum )
- with P. Roux: Coprinus levisticolens and Coprinus citrinovelatus two new, easily recognizable inks. In: Journal of Mycology. 61 (1). German Society for Mycology 1995, pp. 29-37. (relevant taxa in this publication: Coprinus citrinovelatus , Coprinus levisticolens )
- with P. Mohr: Four new species from the genera Leucoagaricus and Leucocoprinus with brownish to soot-colored tints in the hat colors. In: Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 115 (1-2), 2004, pp. 20-34. (concerned taxa in this publication: Leucoagaricus atroalbus , Leucoagaricus brunneosquamulosus , Leucoagaricus fuligineodiscus , Leucocoprinus canariensis , Leucocoprinus heinemannii var. melanotrichoides , Leucocoprinus mauritianus )
- with L. Örstadius: Psathyrella effibulata (Agaricales), a new species lacking clamp connections. In: Windahlia. 22. Fungiflora, Oslo 1997, pp. 81-83. (relevant taxon in this publication: Psathyrella effibulata )
swell
- Karin Monday: Dialogue with Erhard Ludwig . In: The Tintling . tape 52 , no. 2 , 2007, ISSN 1430-595X , p. 51-57 .
Web links
- Website of the Fungicon publishing house and Erhard Ludwig's bookstore
- Homepage of the Mushroom Science Association Berlin-Brandenburg eV
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ludwig, Erhard |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mycologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 2019 |