Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières (10 July 1786 in Lille – 23 June 1862 in Lambersart) was a merchant of Lille and an amateur mycologist. He was the editor of the scientific journals "Annales des sciences naturelles" and the "Bulletin de la société des sciences de Lille".
He was creator of the exsiccatae series "Plantes cryptogames du Nord de la France" (1825–1851)GBIF France Consultation de la collection: Plantes cryptogames du nord de la France. J.B.H.J.Desmazières and "Plantes cryptogames de France" (1853–1861).Universiteit Gent Herbarium, Department of Biology In 1827 he published a treatise on the genus Mycoderma, titled "Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma".MycoBank Recherches microscopiques et physiologiques sur le genre Mycoderma.Mushroom the Journal biographical information
He was the binomial author of the fungi species Agaricus radians Mycobank Agaricus radians and Aspergillus clavatus.Mycobank Aspergillus clavatus
Eponymous taxa Desmazierella , genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae, Desmazieria (now Ramalina and Niebla, genera of lichen) Neoascochyta desmazieri , species of fungi, (syn. Ascochyta desmazieri) Cainia desmazieri Meloderma desmazieri
See also :Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières
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