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Elias Magnus Fries ( August 15 , 1794 – February 8 , 1878 ) was a Swedish Mycologist and Botanist born at Femsjö in Småland . In 1811 he entered the University Of Lund where, in 1814 , he was appointed an associate professorship in Botany , and in 1824 , became a full Professor . In 1834 he became Professor Borgströmianus of practical economy (from 1851 "botany and practical economy") at Uppsala University . Fries is considered to be, after Persoon , founding father of modern Mushroom Taxonomy (see Mycology ). His Taxonomy of mushrooms was influenced by German Romantic s (see Goethe ). He utilized Spore color and arrangement of the Hymenophore (pores, gills, teeth etc.) as major taxonomic characteristics. When he died, '' The Times '' commented: "His very numerous works, especially on fungi and lichens, give him a position as regards those groups of plants only comparable to that of Linnaeus." (The Times, Thursday, Feb 21, 1878; pg. 6; Issue 29184; col C) Fries was succeeded in the borgströmian professorship by John Areschoug , after whom Thore Fries , the son of Elias, held the chair. EXTERNAL LINKS
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