Robert Joseph Bandoni


Robert Joseph Bandoni was a mycologist who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the heterobasidiomycetes.
During his 50 years as professor at the University of British Columbia, he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989. In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.

Biography

Robert "Bob" Joseph Bandoni was born November 9, 1926, in Weeks, Nevada, to Giuseppe and Albina Bandoni. He went to high school in Hawthorne, Nevada, and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada in 1953. He then studied under George Willard Martin at the University of Iowa and received his Ph.D. in 1957. The title of his thesis was: "Taxonomic studies of the genus Tremella. That same year, he received the Gertrude S. Burlingham Fellowship at the New York Botanical Garden and became assistant professor of Botany at the University of Wichita. In 1958 Bandoni joined the Botany faculty at the University of British Columbia. He helped found the in the 1970s. He was awarded the status of professor emeritus in 1989. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009 from a stroke.

Mycological and botanical contributions

Bandoni mainly studied the heterobasidiomycetes, commonly known as the "Jelly Fungi". His early publications were of a classical taxonomical nature, writing descriptions of the macro- and micro-morphology via the light microscope. In the early 1970s Bandoni started studying aquatic fungi that occur in terrestrial environments. He published a paper in the journal Science that explained how spores can travel upwards on a monolayer of water on a leaf surface. In the 1980s Bandoni collaborated with Franz Oberwinkler and colleagues at the University of Tübingen to produce over 20 papers on the Jelly Fungi and allies. They described new species, genera, families and orders. They used TEM and SEM micrographs to investigate the significance of septal pore structures, began revising the classical phylogenetic classification and to demonstrate parasitism between Jelly Fungi and other fungi. Bandoni collaborated with mycologists in Japan and other Asian countries. He was research fellow in 1983 at the University of Tsukuba and spent a sabbatical year at the University of Osaka. He wrote two field guides to Thailand mushrooms. Bandoni contributed to multiple publications on taxonomy in the Jelly Fungi up until his death.
In addition to scientific publications, Bandoni also contributed to several influential books. He contributed to Plant diversity: An evolutionary approach; a book written by the UBC Botany Faculty that "put the Botany Department onto the North American textbook bestseller list for almost a decade". He also contributed to the 570 page textbook Nonvascular plants: An evolutionary survey. In 1964 he co-authored with Adam Szczawinski a field guide titled Guide to common mushrooms of British Columbia.

Taxa described

Achroomyces abditus Hauerslev 1993Agaricostilbum hyphaenes Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Aleurodiscus gigasporus Ginns & Bandoni 1991Aleurodiscus subglobosporus Ginns & Bandoni 1991Atractiella columbiana Bandoni & Inderb. 2002Atractiella delectans Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Atractiella solani Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Atractiellales Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Atractogloea Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Atractogloea stillata Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Bullera aurantiaca B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984Bullera globispora B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984Bullera miyagiana Nakase, Itoh, Takem. & Bandoni 1990Bullera salicina B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1984Calacogloea Oberw. & Bandoni 1991Calacogloea peniophorae Oberw. & Bandoni 1991Carcinomyces Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Carcinomyces effibulatus Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Carcinomyces mycetophilus Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Carcinomycetaceae Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Chionosphaera phylaciicola R. Kirschner & Oberw. 2001Chionosphaeraceae Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Christiansenia subgen. Carcinomyces F. Rath 1991Cladoconidium Bandoni & Tubaki 1985Cladoconidium articulatum Bandoni & Tubaki 1985Colacogloea Oberw. & Bandoni 1991Colacogloea allantospora Ginns & Bandoni 2002Colacogloea peniophorae Oberw. & Bandoni 1991Cystofilobasidiaceae K. Wells & Bandoni 2001Cystofilobasidium Oberw. & Bandoni 1983Cystofilobasidium bisporidii Oberw. & Bandoni 1983Cystofilobasidium bisporidiis Oberw. & Bandoni 1983Cystofilobasidium capitatum Oberw. & Bandoni 1983Dacrymyces aquaticus Bandoni & G.C. Hughes 1984Dioszegia aurantiaca M. Takash., T. Deák & Nakase 2001Entomocorticium H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw. 1987Entomocorticium dendroctoni H.S. Whitney, Bandoni & Oberw. 1987Exidiopsis paniculata K. Wells & Bandoni 1987Exidiopsis punicea K. Wells & Bandoni 1987Fibulobasidium Bandoni 1979Fibulobasidium inconspicuum Bandoni 1979Fibulobasidium sirobasidioides Bandoni 1998Fibulostilbum phylacicola Seifert & Bandoni 1992Fibulostilbum phylaciicola Seifert & Bandoni 1992Filobasidium elegans Bandoni & Oberw. 1991Filobasidium globisporum Bandoni & Oberw. 1991Galzinia culmigena B.N. Johri & Bandoni 1975Helicobasidium corticioides Bandoni 1955Herpobasidium australe Oberw. & Bandoni 1984Ingoldiella nutans Bandoni & Marvanová 1989Insolibasidium Oberw. & Bandoni 1984Insolibasidium deformans Oberw. & Bandoni 1984Mycogloea amethystina Bandoni 1998Mycogloea bullatospora Bandoni 1998Mycogloea nipponica Bandoni 1998Myxarium allantosporum K. Wells & Bandoni 2004Naiadella Marvanová & Bandoni 1987Naiadella fluitans Marvanová & Bandoni 1987Platygloea abdita Bandoni 1959Platygloea jacksonii Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000Pleotrachelus itersoniliae M.W. Dick 2001Pseudozyma Bandoni emend. Boekhout 1985Pseudozyma prolifica Bandoni 1985Ptechetelium Oberw. & Bandoni 1984Ptechetelium cyatheae Oberw. & Bandoni 1984Rozella itersoniliae D.J.S. Barr & Bandoni 1980Sigmogloea Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000Sigmogloea tremelloidea Bandoni & J.C. Krug 2000Sirotrema Bandoni 1986Sirotrema parvula Bandoni 1986Sirotrema pusilla Bandoni 1986Sirotrema translucens Bandoni 1986Sporobolomyces lactophilus Nakase, Itoh, M. Suzuki & Bandoni 1990Sporobolomyces salicinus Nakase & Itoh 1988Stilbotulasnella Oberw. & Bandoni 1982Stilbotulasnella conidiophora Bandoni & Oberw. 1982Tetragoniomyces Oberw. & Bandoni 1981Tetragoniomyces uliginosus Oberw. & Bandoni 1981Tetragoniomycetaceae Oberw. & Bandoni 1981Tilletiaria Bandoni & B.N. Johri 1972Tilletiaria anomala Bandoni & B.N. Johri 1972Tremella armeniaca Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997Tremella aurantialba Bandoni & M. Zang 1990Tremella guttiformis Bandoni 1961Tremella lilacea Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997Tremella mesenterella Bandoni & Ginns 1999Tremella nigrifacta Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997Tremella phaeographidis Diederich, Coppins & Bandoni 1996Tremella roseolutescens Bandoni & J. Carranza 1997Tremella subencephala Bandoni & Ginns 1993Tremellina Bandoni 1986Tremellina pyrenophila Bandoni 1986Trimorphomyces Bandoni & Oberw. 1983Trimorphomyces papilionaceus Oberw. & Bandoni 1983

Honors and memberships

Eponymous taxa

Bandonia
  • ''Bandoniozyma''