Max Britzelmayr

Max Britzelmayr

Max Britzelmayr (born January 7, 1839 in Augsburg ; † December 6, 1909 there ) was a German teacher, lichenologist and mycologist . His botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is “ Britzelm. ".

Live and act

The son of a teacher studied at the teachers' seminar in Lauingen and graduated in 1859 with the leaving examination and in 1861 with the teacher employment examination. In 1865 he received a teaching position in St. Georg near Augsburg and in 1873 became a district school inspector. In 1899 he was retired for health reasons.

In addition to his job, Britzelmayr researched the lichen flora in the area around Augsburg and southern Bavaria and published works of lichen desiccates. Above all, he was also known for his contributions to the hymenomycetes of southern Bavaria.

Britzelmayr, who was a good draftsman, usually added blackboards to his descriptions, some of which were sketchy and some of them were also printed in color. He not only depicted the outward appearance of the mushrooms, but also drew the spores of the respective species.

In his work, the sites are often named, for example of species that he collected on his Sunday trips to the Allgäu Alps during the mushroom season .

The Britzelmayr mushroom herbarium was revised by Johann Stangl and Andreas Bresinsky . Watercolors and pencil drawings including feature analyzes for the work published by Britzelmayr on Bavarian hymenomycetes are in the herbarium of the Botanical Institute of the University of Munich .

Britzelmayr has also published a book on “ dark and incomprehensible German names in natural history ”.

Honors

• Order of Merit of Saint Michael
• Honorary member of the Bavarian Botanical Society in Munich
• Honorary member of the Natural Science Association for Swabia in Augsburg

Publications (selection)

• Explanations of obscure and incomprehensible German names in natural history. 40 SK Kollmannsche Buchhandlung Augsburg (1868) online at Google Books
• Dermini and Melanospori from southern Bavaria. In: Report of the Natural History Association in Augsburg 27, 1883, 147–196.
• One hundred stories from Bavarian history Oldenbourg, Munich 1890 (digitized version)
• Hymenomycetes from southern Bavaria. In: Report of the Natural History Association in Augsburg 31, 1894, 157–222.
• To the Hymenomycetes customer. Row I. 1-16, 55 colored panels. Berlin; Friedlaender & Son. 1895
• Materials describing the Hymenomycetes. In: Botanisches Centralblatt 71, 1897, 49–59, 87–96.
• Revision of the diagnoses for the Hymenomycete species established by M. Britzelmayr. In: Botanisches Zentralblatt supplements 26 (2): 205–225. 1909

literature

• Sebastian Killermann : Mushrooms from Bavaria. Critical studies, especially on M. Britzelmayr, location information, etc. (Short) determination tables: Hymenomycetes (in 7 parts) . Regensburg: Verl. D. Regensburg Botanical Society. 1922-1940
• Johann Stangl, Andreas Bresinsky: Contributions to the revision of M. Britzelmayer's "Hymenomycetes from Southern Bavaria" 9. Tricholomataceae pr. p. from the Augsburg area . In: Z. Pilzk. 35, 1969, 47-74.
• Johann Stangl, Andreas Bresinsky: Contributions to the revision of M. Britzelmayr's "Hymenomycetes from Southern Bavaria" 10. The genus Lactarius in the wider area of ​​Augsburg . In: Z. Pilzk. 36, 1970, 41-59.
• Johann Stangl, Andreas Bresinsky: Contributions to the revision of M. Britzelmayer's "Hymenomycetes from Southern Bavaria" 15. - The genus Inocybe with special consideration of its species in the area around Augsburg . In: Z. Mykol 47, 1981, 221-240.
• Heinrich Dörfelt, Heike Heklau: The history of mycology . Einhorn-Verlag Eduard Dietenberger GmbH: Schwäbisch Gmünd. 1998

Web links

• http://pilzeaugsburg.de/mykologen_britzelmayr/