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Petter Adolf Karsten

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Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917) 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".

Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, studied at the University of Helsinki, and then moved to the island of Tammela, where he spent most of his life teaching and research at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute (now the Faculty of Agriculture of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences).

He amassed a vast collection, both by his own efforts and those of his correspondents, and named about 200 new genera and 2,000 new species.

The standard author abbreviation P.Karst is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

References

  • Harri Harmaja. "P. A. Karsten". Retrieved 13 July. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  P.Karst.
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