Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf) [1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946).
He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of ascomycetes, rusts and smuts. [2] Paul Sydow was a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having formally described 2331 in his career. [3] He also wrote about algae. He authored 252 works in five languages. [4] Between 1880 and 1916 Sydow edited seven exsiccata series. [5]
He also made contributions to volume 12 of Pier Andrea Saccardo's Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum, 1897, [4] as well as volume 11 of his Annales Mycologici. [7]
Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including; [8]
Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf) [1] was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946).
He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored works involving descriptions of new species of ascomycetes, rusts and smuts. [2] Paul Sydow was a prolific author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having formally described 2331 in his career. [3] He also wrote about algae. He authored 252 works in five languages. [4] Between 1880 and 1916 Sydow edited seven exsiccata series. [5]
He also made contributions to volume 12 of Pier Andrea Saccardo's Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum, 1897, [4] as well as volume 11 of his Annales Mycologici. [7]
Several taxa of fungi were named in his honour, including; [8]