Bruce A. Fuhrer
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Bruce Alexander Fuhrer is an Australia
n mycologist
. He was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion
in 1989 and is a Life Member of the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club. He has written many books on Australian fungi, including a Comprehensive Field Guide to Australian Fungi. He worked for 25 years in the school of Biology at Monash University
. Species authored include Rozites (now Cortinarius) armeniacovelatus.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n mycologist
Mycology
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans as a source for tinder, medicinals , food and entheogens, as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or...
. He was awarded the Australian Natural History Medallion
Australian Natural History Medallion
The Australian Natural History Medallion is awarded each year by the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria to the person judged to have made the most meritorious contribution to the understanding of Australian Natural History...
in 1989 and is a Life Member of the Ringwood Field Naturalists Club. He has written many books on Australian fungi, including a Comprehensive Field Guide to Australian Fungi. He worked for 25 years in the school of Biology at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
. Species authored include Rozites (now Cortinarius) armeniacovelatus.