Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Austrian scientist
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Place of Birth: Sombor, Vojvodina, Serbia
About Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel
- Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel (24 September 1852 – 11 November 1920) was an Austrian bryologist, mycologist, and algologist, brother of explorer Ludwig von Höhnel (1857–1942).
- He obtained his PhD in Strasbourg in 1877, and was a professor of botany in the Vienna University of Technology from 1884 to 1920.
- Höhnel described roughly 250 new genera and 500 species of fungi, and was known for his contributions to the taxonomy of the Coelomycetes (asexual fungi that form conidia in a cavity (pycnidia) or a mat-like cushion of hyphae).
- He died in Vienna on November 11, 1920.
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