Drawn image of Elias Magnus Fries

Elias Magnus Fries (August 15, 1794 – February 8, 1878) was a Swedish botanist born at Femsjö in Smalandia. Elias Magnus Fries (image taken before 1878, so believed in the PD) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Elias Magnus Fries (image taken before 1878, so believed in the PD) The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... Smalandia (Småland, literally Small Country) is a historical Province (landskap) in southern Sweden. ...

In 1811 he entered the University of Lund where, in 1814, he was appointed an associate professorship in botany, and in 1824, became a full professor. In 1834 he became professor borgströmianus of practical economy (from 1851 "botany and practical economy") at Uppsala University. 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Lund University Lund University (Swedish: Lunds universitet) is a university in Lund in southernmost Sweden. ... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A professor is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ...

Fries is considered to be, after Persoon, founding father of modern mushroom taxonomy (see mycology). His taxonomy of mushrooms was influenced by German romantics (see Goethe). He utilized spore color and arrangement of the hymenophore (pores, gills, teeth etc.) as major taxonomic characteristics. Christian Hendrik Persoon (February 1, 1761 - November 16, 1836) was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus mushroom taxonomy. ... Basidiocarps (mushrooms) of the fungus Leucocoprinus sp. ... Taxonomy (from Greek ταξινομία (taxinomia) from the words taxis = order and nomos = law) may refer to either the classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. ... Mycology (from Gk. ... Taxonomy (from Greek ταξινομία (taxinomia) from the words taxis = order and nomos = law) may refer to either the classification of things, or the principles underlying the classification. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe? (pronounced [gø tÉ™, sometimes incorrectly pronunced Goth, Gurter and Gotha]) (August 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832) was a German novelist, dramatist, humanist, scientist, philosopher, and he conducted his civic services as a cabinet minister of Weimar. ... The term spore have several different meanings in biology. ... Hymenophore refers to the fruit-bearing structure of a fungal hymenium, or fruit body. ...

When he died, The Times commented: "His very numerous works, especially on fungi and lichens, give him a position as regards those groups of plants only comparable to that of Linnaeus." (The Times, Thursday, Feb 21, 1878; pg. 6; Issue 29184; col C) The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ...

Fries was succeeded in the borgströmian professorship by John Areschoug, after whom Thore Fries, the son of Elias, held the chair.

External link

• Biography from Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish)
• Elias Magnus Fries at Illinois Mycological Association