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 GalerinaWood AE (2001) "Studies in the genus Galerina." Australian Systematic Botany 14, 615–676 and Amanita.Wood AE. (1997) "Studies in the genus Amanita (Agaricales) in Australia." Australian Systematic Botany 10: 723–854 With Tom May, he co-authored Fungi of Australia Volume 2A, Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi - Basidiomycota in 1997.T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1997) Fungi of Australia Volume 2A: Catalogue and Bibliography of Australian Macrofungi 1. Basidiomycota. CSIRO Publishing.
He also authored popular identification books on Australian fungi.Wood AE. (1990). Australian Mushrooms and Toadstools: How to identify them (revised ed.). New South Wales University Press, Sydney.
See also List of mycologists Fungi of Australia
References
External links CSIRO Publishing - Fungi of Australia Volume 2A