Mall Vaasma
Mall Vaasma was one of Estonia's top mycologists. She graduated from the University of Tartu in 1974 with a degree in botany. After her graduation, she worked as a senior lab assistant for Department of Mycology at the Estonian [Institute of Zoology and Botany] from 1973 and at the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu from 2008 until her death in 2009 after being struck by a motorist while crossing the road in Tartu.
She also co-authored a number of works on mushrooms.