David Pegler

David Norman Pegler (born 2 November 1938) is a British mycologist. Until his retirement in 1998, he served as the Head of Mycology and assistant keeper of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Pegler received his BSc from London University in 1960, thereafter studying tropical Agaricales with R.W.G. Dennis as his graduate supervisor. He earned a master's degree in 1966, and a PhD in 1974 (both from London University). His graduate thesis was on agarics of east Africa, later published as A preliminary agaric flora of East Africa in 1977. In 1989, London University awarded him a DSc for his research into the Agaricales.^[1]

A fungal genus Pegleromyces (family Tricholomataceae) published in 1981 by Rolf Singer,^[2] then genera Peglerochaete from India, (also in the family Tricholomataceae) by Sarwal & Locq. in 1983,^[3][4] and also several other fungal taxa have been named in his honour:

• Cuphophyllus pegleri Lodge 1999^[5]
• Deconica pegleriana (Guzmán) Ram.-Cruz & Guzmán 2012
• Endogone pegleri Y.J.Yao 1995^[6]
• Entoloma pegleri Courtec. 1984^[7]
• Favolaschia pegleri Parmasto 1999^[8]
• Inocybe pegleri Sarwal 1983
• Inonotus pegleri Ryvarden 1975^[9]
• Lactarius pegleri Pacioni & Lalli 1992^[10]
• Marasmius pegleri Courtec. 1984^[7]
• Melanospora pegleri D.Hawksw. & A.Henrici 1999^[11]
• Rhodocybe pegleri T.J.Baroni 1999^[12] (now Clitocybe pegleri)

Pegler has published more than 250 research papers and several books, largely on fungal systematics.^[1] He was senior editor of the scientific journal Mycologist from 1987 to 1993.^[13]

Selected publications

• Pegler DN. (1983). The genus Lentinus. A World Monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series. Vol. 10. London, UK: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 0-11-242627-1.
• Pegler DN. Agaric Flora of Sri Lanka. Kew Bulletin Additional Series. Vol. 4. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-0112500049.
• Pegler DN, Roberts PJ, Spooner BM (1997). British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi. Kew, UK: Royal Botanic Gardens. ISBN 978-1-900347-15-0.

See also

• List of mycologists

References

1. "Professor D. N. Pegler". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 513–515. 1999. JSTOR 4110852.
2. Singer R. (1981). "New genera of the Agaricales". Mycologia. 73 (3): 500–10. doi:10.2307/3759603.
3. "Peglerochaete Sarwal & Locq. 1983". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
5. Lodge DJ. (1999). "Cuphophyllus pegleri sp.nov. (Hygrophoraceae) from the Lesser Antilles". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 807–810. doi:10.2307/4110880. JSTOR 4110880.
6. Yao YJ, Pegler DN, Young TW (1995). "New species in Endogone (Endogonales)". Kew Bulletin. 50 (2): 359–365. doi:10.2307/4110642. JSTOR 4110642.
7. Courtecuisse R. (1984). "Notes de nomenclature concernant les hyménomycètes: sur quelques épithètes spécifiques préoccupées – 1". Documents Mycologiques (in French). 14 (54–55): 73–92.
8. Parmasto E. (1999). "Favolaschia pegleri, sp.nov. (Hymenomycetes)". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 783–788. doi:10.2307/4110876. JSTOR 4110876.
9. Ryvarden L. (1975). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of Africa 2. Some new species from East Africa". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 22 (1): 25–34.
10. Lalli G, Pacioni G (1992). "Lactarius sect. Lactifluus and allied species". Mycotaxon. 44 (1): 155–195.
11. Hawksworth DL, Henrici A, Kirk PM (1999). "Melanospora pegleri, a new species from fallen Laurus and other leaves in the British Isles". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 795–799. doi:10.2307/4110878. JSTOR 4110878.
12. Baroni TJ. (1999). "Rhodocybe pegleri sp. nov. with notes on Rhodocybe pseudonitellina from East Africa". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 777–782. doi:10.2307/4110875. JSTOR 4110875.
13. Polunin N, Curme LM (1997). World who is who and Does what in Environment & Conservation. Earthscan. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-85383-377-9.