Terence Ingold

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Cecil Terence Ingold (born July 3, 1905 in Belfast , then United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , † May 31, 2010 in Wooler , Northumberland , United Kingdom ) was a British mycologist . Its botanical-mycological author's abbreviation is " Ingold ".

Life

He studied botany at Queen's University of Belfast and received his PhD with a thesis in plant physiology . In 1930 he became a lecturer at the University of Reading , in 1937 at the University College of Leicester . From 1944 until his retirement in 1972 he was a professor of botany at Birkbeck College of the University of London .

In 1939/1942 he discovered several species of a previously neglected group of mushrooms that live on autumn leaves that have fallen into rivers and reproduce via conidia . He researched their reproduction and importance for the food chain. This group is now called Ingoldian fungi after him .

Another focus of research was the mechanism by which fungi expel their spores . Terence Ingold was a member and temporarily chairman of the British Mycological Society . As Vice President of the Inter-Universities' Council for Higher Education Overseas , he was involved in setting up universities in several African countries.

Even after his retirement, Ingold continued to research and publish. He died at the age of 104 and had four children, including urban and spatial planner Patsy Healey and anthropologist Tim Ingold .

Works

  • Spore discharge in land plants , 1939
  • Aquatic hyphomycetes of decaying alder leaves , in: Transactions of the British Mycological Society , Volume 25, Issue 4, December 31, 1942, pp. 339-417, doi : 10.1016 / S0007-1536 (42) 80001-7 .
  • Dispersal in fungi , 1953
  • The biology of fungi , 1961, 6th edition 1993 ( ISBN 0412490404 )
  • Spore liberation , 1965
  • Fungal spores. Their liberation and dispersal , 1971

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Felix Bärlocher, On the ecology of Ingoldian fungi , in: BioScience , Volume 32, Issue 7, Issues in Biology Education (July / August 1982), pp. 581-586
  2. ^ Peter Marren: Professor C Terence Ingold: Foremost authority on the study of fungi whose work spanned eight decades ( en ) In: The Independent . June 17, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Ingold, Terence
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ingold, Cecil Terence (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British mycologist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2010
Place of death Wooler