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The Significance of Mycological Contributions by Lothar Becker (2019)

May, Tom W. (Author)
Darragh, Thomas A. (Author)

Historical Records of Australian Science
Volume: 30
Issue: 2
Pages: 130-137

URI: https://www.publish.csiro.au/hr/HR19005

DOI: 10.1071/HR19005

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Indigenous peoples; indigeneity Collectors and collecting Fungi Natural history Mycology 19th century Australia Becker, Lothar

Warning Readers of this article are warned that it may contain terms, descriptions and opinions that are culturally sensitive and/or offensive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Silesian-born Lothar Becker spent two periods in Australia, during which he made observations on a range of natural history topics, including fungi—a group of organisms rarely noticed by contemporary naturalists. Becker compiled notes, sketches and collections of Australian fungi that he sent to Elias Fries in Sweden for identification. Unfortunately, this material has not survived, but Becker’s accounts of his time in Australia, especially that published in Das Ausland in 1873, contain remarkable first-hand observations, including some on exotic fungi. Becker’s article is one of the earliest stand-alone analyses of the affinities of the Australian mycota. Remarks on the use of fungi by Aboriginal peoples of south-eastern Australia are particularly significant, due to inclusion of a word presumed to be from Aboriginal language and the suggestion of gendered roles in the collection of edible fungi.

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