Robert Kühner

Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris – 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many forms of agaric (mushroom fungus) genera.

Robert Kühner
Robert Kühner
Born	15 March 1903 Paris
Died	27 February 1996 (1996-02-28) (aged 92) Lyon
Alma mater	University of Paris
Known for	Agaricales
Scientific career
Fields	Mycology
Institutions	University of Lyon

He studied at the Sorbonne, afterwards from 1921 until 1932, he was working as a high school teacher in Lille. Then, from 1938 until 1973, he was associated with the Faculty of Sciences at Lyon.^[1][2]

He was honoured in 1946, with Kuehneromyces, which is a genus of fungi in the family Strophariaceae.^[3]

Selected works

• Contribution à l'étude des hyménomycètes et spécialement des agaricacés, 1926 - Contribution to the study of Hymenomycetes and especially of Agaricales.
• Le genre Galera (Fries) Quélet, 1935 - The genus Galera (Fries) Quélet.
• Le genre Mycena (Fries) Étude cytologique et systématique des espèces d'Europe et d'Amérique du Nord, 1938 - The genus Mycena (Fries), cytological and systematic studies of species native to Europe and North America.
• Flore analytique des champignons supérieurs (agarics, bolets, chanterelles), 1953 - Analysis of major mushrooms (agarics, boletes, chanterelles).
• Compléments à la "Flore analytique, 1954 - Additions to the "Flora analytique".^[4]
• Agaricales de la zone alpine: Amanitacées, 1972 - Agaricales of the Alpine zone: Amanitaceae.^[5]