Alec Wood

Alec E. Wood (10 September 1933 - 23 March 2016) was a mycologist affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia who published major studies, describing a large number of new species, in the genera ''Galerina'' and ''Amanita''. With Tom May, he co-authored ''Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota'' in 1997.

He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.

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