Romano Božac

Romano Božac (born June 25, 1942 in Matiki near Žminj , Istria , Italy ; † February 27, 2020 in Zagreb , Croatia ) was a Yugoslav and Croatian mycologist .

Life

Božac had been employed at the Agricultural Faculty of the University of Zagreb since 1969 , and since 2000 as a full professor . In addition to mushroom studies, he also dealt with the processing and fermentation of meat there.

In 2006 he founded the Croatian Mycological Association ( Hrvatski mikološki-gljivarski Savez ), of which he was chairman from 2006 to 2010. In 2013 he opened the Mushroom Museum ( Muzej gljiva ) in Zagreb.

He was the first to describe 53 species of mushrooms.

Publications

• The new mushroom book in color , 1980, ISBN 3-88140-075-3
• Gobarski vedež. Kako spoznavamo in nabiramo gobe (Mushroom guide. Recognizing and collecting mushrooms), 1988 (Slovenian)
• Enciklopedija gljiva (Encyclopedia of Mushrooms) 2 volumes:
  • 1st volume 2005, ISBN 978-953-0-61413-0
  • 2nd volume 2008, ISBN 978-953-0-61473-4

Romano Božac founded the journal Gljivarstvo (Mushroom Science) in 1984 .

Orders and honors

• Order of Danica Hrvatska for Science (2010)

Web links

• Obituary article , jutarnji.hr, February 29, 2020 (Croatian)