Anthony M. Young

Anthony M. Young
Born1943
NationalityAustralian
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
Author abbrev. (botany)A.M.Young

Anthony "Tony" M. Young (born 1943) is an Australian mycologist based in Queensland, affiliated with the University of Queensland. He has published several books on fungi as well as a monograph on Australian Hygrophoraceae, resulting from his research on Hygrocybe and related genera.[1] In 2007, he was a co-author of a review of the genus Ramaria in Australia, a work in progress which will see the likely description of 15 new Australian species and increase the total number to 50.[2]

Described taxa

  • Amanita muriniflammea Tulloss, A.M.Young & A.E.Wood 1995
  • Camarophyllopsis darwinensis A.M.Young 1997
  • Camarophyllopsis kearneyi A.M.Young 1999
  • Hygrocybe anomala A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe aurantiocampanula A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe aurantipes A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe austrolutea A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe austropratensis A.M.Young 1999
  • Hygrocybe badioclavata A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe batesii A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe bolensis A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe boothii A.M.Young 2002
  • Hygrocybe bubalinoviscida A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe cerasinomutata A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe chromoxantha A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe collucera A.M.Young, R.Kearney & E.Kearney 2001
  • Hygrocybe cystidiorubra' A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe dorothyae A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe dromedensis A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe erythrocala A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe franklinensis A.M.Young & A.K.Mills 2002
  • Hygrocybe fuhreri A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe griseoramosa A.M.Young, R.Kearney & E.Kearney 2001
  • Hygrocybe hayi A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe hypospoda A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe iropus A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe kandora Grgur. & A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe kouskosii A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe lanecovensis A.M.Young 1999
  • Hygrocybe leucogloea A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe luteoconica A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe polychroma Bougher & A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe reesiae A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe roseoflavida A.M.Young & A.K.Mills 2002
  • Hygrocybe rubrolutea A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe rubronivea A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe saltirivula A.M.Young 2000
  • Hygrocybe sanguineocrenulata A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe schistophila A.M.Young 2005
  • Hygrocybe siccitatipapillata A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe sylvaria A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe tidbillensis A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe unispora A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe vallomarginata A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe viridiconica A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe viscidibrunnea Bougher & A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe watagensis A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe wilsonensis A.M.Young 1997
  • Hygrocybe xanthopoda A.M.Young 2000
  • Panaeolopsis nirimbii Watling & A.M.Young 1983
  • Panaeolus bernicis A.M.Young 1989
  • Ramaria citrinocuspidata A.M.Young & N.A.Fechner 2009

Publications

  • Young AM (2005). Fungi of Australia: Hygrophoraceae. CSIRO. ISBN 0-643-09195-5.
  • Young AM (2004). A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-742-9.
  • Young Tony (1982). Common Australian Fungi. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-384-9.

See also

References

  1. ^ Lepp, Heino (9 July 2007). "The study of Australian fungi: What is the state of knowledge today?". Australian Fungi Website, Australian National Herbarium. Canberra, ACT: Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. ^ Young AM, Fechner N (2007). "ABRS National Taxonomy Research Grants Programme: Ramaria in Australia". ABRS website. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 January 2010.