Albert Gaillard (5 September 1858 in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 28 July 1903 in Angers) was a French mycologist.
From 1889 to 1903, he worked as curator of the Lloyd herbarium in Angers (later known as the " Arboretum de la Maulévrie Herbiers de la Ville d'Angers"). In 1887 he collected mycological and botanical specimens in Venezuela; mainly in the vicinity of Puerto Ayacucho and places along the Orinoco River, journeying as far as San Fernando de Atabapo. In Colombia, he collected specimens along the Rio Guaviare, a tributary of the Orinoco. [1]
The French Academy of Sciences awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Gaillard for his work on fungi. [2] [3]
The genus Gaillardiella (family Nitschkiaceae) was named in his honor by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1895. [1]
Albert Gaillard (5 September 1858 in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 28 July 1903 in Angers) was a French mycologist.
From 1889 to 1903, he worked as curator of the Lloyd herbarium in Angers (later known as the " Arboretum de la Maulévrie Herbiers de la Ville d'Angers"). In 1887 he collected mycological and botanical specimens in Venezuela; mainly in the vicinity of Puerto Ayacucho and places along the Orinoco River, journeying as far as San Fernando de Atabapo. In Colombia, he collected specimens along the Rio Guaviare, a tributary of the Orinoco. [1]
The French Academy of Sciences awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Gaillard for his work on fungi. [2] [3]
The genus Gaillardiella (family Nitschkiaceae) was named in his honor by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1895. [1]