Robert Joseph Bandoni
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Robert Joseph Bandoni (11 November 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a mycologist who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the heterobasidiomycetes (“jelly fungi”).[1]
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Born | (1926-11-09)November 9, 1926 Weeks, Nevada |
Died | May 18, 2009(2009-05-18) (aged 82) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Alma mater | University of Nevada |
Known for | Taxonomy of the Heterobasidiomycetes |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mycology |
Thesis | Taxonomic studies of the genus Tremella (Tremellaceae) (1957) |
Doctoral advisor | George Willard Martin |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Bandoni |
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During his 50 years as professor at the University of British Columbia,[2] he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989.[2] In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal.[3] Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.[4]