Paul Kummer

Paul Kummer ( born August 22, 1834 in Zerbst, † July 7, 1912 in Hann Munden ) was a Protestant priest, teacher, and scientist who has become well known mainly because of its contribution to mycological nomenclature.

Life

Kummer worked from 1857 to 1863 as a private teacher, then as a curate in Zerbst. From 1877 until his retirement he was a pastor in Hann Munden.

Earlier taxonomic classifications of agarics by the taxonomist Elias Magnus Fries certain few genera, with most species were assigned to the agarics. These few species have been divided into a large number of " tribes ". In his book published in 1871 the leader in the mycology grief turned the majority of the " tribes " of Fries in the status of a genus and established many of the names used today.

His botanical and mycological author abbreviation is " P.Kumm. ".

Works

• The leader in the mycology: manual for methodical, easy and reliable determination of the fungi occurring in Germany: with the exception of the mold and too tiny mucus and core Pilzchen; with 80 lithographic illustrations. Zerbst E. billet, 1871, 2nd edition 1882, Volume 2, the microscopic fungi 1884
• The leader in the liverworts and the Vascular Cryptogams: ( horsetails, Barlappe, bullocks, Wurzelfruchtler ). Berlin, J. Springer 1875
• The leader in the moss Customer: instructions for safe and easy determination of the German Moose. Berlin, J. Springer 1891
• Cryptogamic character images. Carl Rümpler, Hannover 1878.
• The moss flora around Hann - Munden. In: Bot Central Journal 1889, 40: 65-72, 101-106; Kassel.