Paul Dietel (15 February 1860, Greiz – 30 October 1947, Zwickau) was a German mycologist.

He studied mathematics and natural sciences at the universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Göttingen, and afterwards worked as a schoolteacher in Greiz, Leipzig, Reichenbach im Vogtland and Glauchau.[1]

He specialized in research of rust fungi (Uredinales) — from 1887 to 1943 he was the author of 150 scientific papers on rusts.[2] His extensive treatment of rust fungi in Engler and Prantl's Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien was recognized as its definitive account for many years.[3]

In 1897 Paul Christoph Hennings named the genus Dietelia (family Pucciniosiraceae) in his honor.[4]

Selected writings

  • Beiträge zur Morphologie und Biologie der Uredineen, 1887 – On the morphology and biology of Uredinales.
  • "New Californian Uredineae" (published in English, 1893).
  • "Descriptions of new species of Uredineae and Ustilagineae, with remarks on some other species" (published in English, 1893).
  • "New North American Uredineae" (published in English, 1895).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Münzer in Zwickau und die "Zwickauer Propheten": wissenschaftliche ... by Paul Wappler
  2. ↑ Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi by Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth
  3. ↑ Dietel, Paul (1860-1947) JSTOR Global Plants
  4. ↑ Sylloge fungorum omnium hucusque cognitorum by Pier Andrea Saccardo
  5. ↑ WorldCat Search published works
  6. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Dietel.
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