Max Britzelmayr


Max Britzelmayr was a German mycologist and lichenologist who was a native of Augsburg.
He spent his career as a schoolteacher and Kreisschulinspektor in Augsburg. He is known for his research of a class of fungi known as Hymenomycetes. He also conducted investigations of lichens native to southern Bavaria, including the Allgäu Alps. In 1903 Britzelmayr started to issue exsiccata-like series, namely Lichenes exsiccati aus der Flora Augsburgs.

List of Publications

Dermini und Melanospori aus Südbayern, ; Hymenomyceten aus Südbayern, ; Zur Hymenomyceten-Kunde, ; Materialien zur Beschreibung der Hymenomyceten, ;. Botanisches Zentralblatt 71: 49–59, 87–96.Die Lichenen der Allgäuer Alpen. ;, Bericht der Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg in Augsburg 34: 73–139.