List of Famous people with last name Zopf

Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf

First Name Friedrich

Last Name Zopf

Born on December 12, 1846

Died on June 24, 1909 (aged 62)

Born in Germany, Thuringia, Roßleben-Wiehe

Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf was a well-known German botanist and mycologist. He dedicated to his whole life with fungal biology, particularly in classification of fungi and dye production in fungi and lichens. Besides, his textbook on fungi called “Die pilze in morphologischer, physiologischer, biologischer und systematischer beziehung ” in 1890 was also an outstanding work on the subject for many decades. The unicellular achlorophic microalgae Prototheca zopfii is named after him because of his profound suggestions and contributions to Krüger's pioneering work in Prototheca. Thus, his numerous contributions gave him a special status in mycological history.

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