Alec E. Wood (10 September 1933 - 23 March 2016) was a mycologist affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia who published major studies, describing a large number of new species, in the genera Galerina[1] and Amanita.[2] With Tom May, he co-authored Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota in 1997.[3][4]
He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.[5]
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edit- ^ Wood AE (2001) "Studies in the genus Galerina." Australian Systematic Botany 14, 615–676
- ^ Wood AE. (1997) "Studies in the genus Amanita (Agaricales) in Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 10: 723–854
- ^ T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1997) Fungi of Australia Volume 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-05929-6
- ^ "Wood, Alec Edward". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Wood AE. (1990). Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney. ISBN 0-86840-044-0
- ^ International Plant Names Index. A.E.Wood.
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