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Zdeněk Pouzar was a Czech mycologist. Along with František Kotlaba, he published several works about the taxonomy of polypore, corticioid, and gilled fungi. Pouzar was a noted expert on stromatic pyrenomycetes. Until 2012, he was the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Czech Mycology.
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- ↑ "Irpicodon pendulus (Alb. & Schwein.) Pouzar". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ↑ Binder M, Larsson K-H, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia . 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753.
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