Petter Adolf Karsten was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology".
Leslie Pedley was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name Racosperma, creating a split in the genus, which required some 900 Australian species to be renamed, because the type species of Acacia, Acacia nilotica, now Vachellia nilotica, had a different lineage from the Australian wattles. However, the International Botanical Congress (IBC), held in Melbourne in 2011, ratified its earlier decision to retain the name Acacia for the Australian species, but to rename the African species.
Nayalia is a genus of green algae in the family Chaetophoraceae.
Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge, generally cited as Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge was a Danish botanist and phycologist.
Setchellanthus caeruleus is a species of pungent shrub with large blue flowers. It is placed alone in the genus Setchellanthus, which is in turn, is placed alone in the family Setchellanthaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Mobergia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Physciaceae.
Grovesia is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Grovesia pulchella.
Zimmermanniella is a genus of fungi in the family Phyllachoraceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Zimmermanniella trisporaHenn.
Gorgadesia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Gorgadesia mira.
Feigeana is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Feigeana socotrana, first reported from Yemen in 1995.
Streimannia is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Roccellaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Streimannia varieseptata. The genus was circumscribed by Göran Thor in Opera Bot. vol.103 on page 84 in 1990.
Decaisnella is a genus of fungi in the family Massariaceae.
Claurouxia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Lecanoraceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Claurouxia chalybeioides.
Finkia is a genus of fungi within the family Lichinaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Finkia portoricensis. It is found in Puerto Rico.
The Lahmiales are an order of fungi in the Ascomycota, or sac fungi. The order has not been assigned to any class. The taxon is monotypic and contains a single family, the Lahmiaceae, which in turn contains the single genus Lahmia.
Duboscquella is a genus of dinoflagellates.
Hertella is a lichenized genus of fungi within the Placynthiaceae family.
Koerberiella is a genus of lichenized fungi within the Lecideaceae family.
František Kotlaba was a Czech botanist and mycologist.
Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann was a German botanist. He was a Professor of Botany at several different Universities . He was a botanist and collector of fungi and spermatophytes, who worked in Indonesia and Tanzania from 1902 to 1919. He moved to Indonesia in 1896 and studied applied botany. In 1902 he moved to Africa to join the Amani Research Institute that was established that year. He returned to Germany after World War I in 1920.
