Władysław Wojewoda
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Władysław Wojewoda | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 May 1932 Przemyśl, Poland |
| Died | 3 November 2010 (aged 78) Kraków, Poland |
| Resting place | Rakowicki Cemetery |
| Alma mater | Jagiellonian University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany; mycology |
| Institutions | Jagiellonian University, Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Wojewoda |
Władysław Wojewoda (20 May 1932 – 3 November 2010) was a Polish biologist, academic professor, expert in botanics and mycology.[1]
Wojewoda was born on 20 May 1932 in Przemyśl. He graduated from Biology and Earth Sciences Faculty of Jagiellonian University in Kraków and began work on Department of Plant Systematics and Geography. He earned a PhD with his work on “Macromycetes” of the Ojców National Park,[1] in 1989 became a professor of nature sciences.[2] In 1969–2003 he worked in W. Szafer Institute of Botany of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He's an author of over 300 papers, including monographies.
His most important achievements are:[1]
- Monography of Auriculariales and Tremellales species in Poland,
- Checklist of Polish Larger Basidiomycetes,[3]
- Red List of endangered macrofungi of Poland,
- Macrofungi of North Korea
He established a mushroom collection in Institute of Botany that grew to over 53,000 specimens. Its one of the most important fungi collections in Poland. He was a lecturer and thesis supervisor for MsC and PhD candidates. He studied fungi of Babia Góra, Gorce, na Spiš Magura, Ojcowski Park Narodowy, Tatra National Park, Niepołomice Forest and North Korea. He collaborated with Czechoslovak mycologists. Together with a fellow mycologist Barbara Gumińska they prepared an identification key of Polish macrofungi, his last work was "Laricifomes officinalis in the Gorce Mountains (S Poland)".[1]
He was buried on Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.[1]
