Alec Wood

Alec E. Wood (10 September 1933 - 23 March 2016) was a mycologist affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia who published major studies, describing a large number of new species, in the genera Galerina^[1] and Amanita.^[2] With Tom May, he co-authored Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota in 1997.^[3]^[4]

He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.^[5]

The standard author abbreviation A.E.Wood is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

[1]
Wood AE (2001) "Studies in the genus Galerina." Australian Systematic Botany 14, 615–676
[2]
Wood AE. (1997) "Studies in the genus Amanita (Agaricales) in Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 10: 723–854
[3]
T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1997) Fungi of Australia Volume 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota. CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-643-05929-6
[4]
"Wood, Alec Edward". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
[5]
Wood AE. (1990). Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney. ISBN 0-86840-044-0
[6]
International Plant Names Index. A.E.Wood.