Meinhard Moser (1924–2002) was an Austrian mycologist. His work
principally concerned the taxonomy, chemistry, and toxicity of gilled
mushrooms (Agaricales), especially the genus Cortinarius. Moser
completed his doctorate at the University of Innsbruck in 1950, then
briefly worked in England. He joined Austria's Federal Forestry Research
Institute in 1952, conducting research on the use of mycorrhizal fungi
in reforestation. He began lecturing at Innsbruck in 1956, becoming a
professor in 1964. He became the inaugural head of Austria's first
Institute of Microbiology in 1972. He remained with the Institute until
his retirement in 1991, and his scientific studies continued until his
death in 2002. He was an influential mycologist, describing around
500 new fungal taxa and publishing several important books. In
particular, his 1953 book on European mushrooms, published in English as
Keys to Agarics and Boleti, saw several editions both in German and in
translation.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meinhard_Michael_Moser>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1858:
Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist
Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged Darwin to
publish his theory of evolution.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace>
1940:
World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June
speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June>
1983:
Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were
hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Mahmudnizhad>
2012:
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed crown prince of
Saudi Arabia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
meet one's Waterloo:
To be decisively defeated by an encounter with a powerful opponent or a
problem that is too difficult.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/meet_one%27s_Waterloo>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it
better.
--Paul McCartney
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