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About Roger Jean Heim
Roger Heim was a French botanist specialising in mycology and tropical phytopathology. He was known for his studies describing the anatomy of the mushroom hymenium, the systematics and phylogeny of higher fungi, the mycology of tropical fungi such as Termitomyces, as well as ethnomycological work on hallucinogenic fungi, like Psilocybe and Stropharia. In his career, he published over 560 articles, scientific reviews, and major works in fields like botany, chemistry, education, forestry, horticulture, liberal arts, medicine and zoology.
Everything about Roger Jean Heim →- Occupation
- mycologist, lichenologist, phytopathologist, university teacher
- Position held
- director of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, president, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 12, 1900
- Died
- September 17, 1979