Harry D. Thiers
Born(1919-01-22)January 22, 1919
Fort McKavett, Texas
DiedAugust 8, 2000(2000-08-08) (aged 81)
Ohio
Alma materSchreiner University (B.A.)
University of Texas at Austin (M.S.)
University of Michigan (Ph.D.)
Known forStudied and named many fungi native to North America
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
InstitutionsSan Francisco State University
Author abbrev. (botany)Thiers

Harry Delbert Thiers (January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas – August 8, 2000 in Ohio) was an American mycologist who studied and named many fungi native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of boletes and named many new species.[1]

Species authored include:

The fungal genera of Chaetothiersia and Harrya Halling, Nuhn & Osmundson 2012,[2] and also the species of Cortinarius thiersii were all named in his honor.

The standard author abbreviation Thiers is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Harry D. Thiers Herbarium

San Francisco State University (SFSU) established the herbarium in 1959 with the name the "San Francisco State University Herbarium". When Thiers retired in 1989 the herbarium was given its present name. Thiers and his students collected most of the early specimens. Later, Dennis E. Desjardin and his students made major contributions.[4] The herbarium has taxonomic coverage of fleshy fungi, lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants. Specimens were collected from North America (especially California), South America, the Hawaiian Islands, Indonesia, southeast Asia, Micronesia, and Madagascar.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Thiers BM, Halling RE (2003). "Harry D. Thiers, 1919–2000" (PDF). Mycologia. 95 (6): 1271–75. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833035. JSTOR 3761927. S2CID 88246683. Retrieved Nov 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Thiers.
  4. ↑ "San Francisco State University, Harry D. Thiers Herbarium (SFSU)". Mycology Collections Portal.
  5. ↑ "Overview, San Francisco State University, Harry D. Thiers Herbarium". NYBG Steere Herbarium. November 2017.
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