Jean Louis Lucand (11 November 1821, Beauvilliers, Yonne – 19 November 1896) was a French mycologist and mycological artist.
A career soldier, he served in the French military from 1842 to 1873. In 1866 he was named captain and a chevalier in the Legion of Honor. Following retirement from the army, he moved to the community of Autun, where he focused his energies on mycology.Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France, Volumes 12-13 by Société mycologique de France
He was a founding member of the Société mycologique de France, and also a member of the Société d'histoire naturelle du Creusot and the Société d'histoire naturelle et des amis du muséum d'Autun.Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France The species Rosa lucandiana was named in his honor by François-Xavier Gillot and Pierre Alfred Déséglise.JSTOR Global Plants Rosa lucandiana
Selected works "Drawings of mushrooms by Jean Louis Lucand" (published in 1875 in English) Figures peintes de champignons de la France, suite à la geographie de Bulliard; fasc. 1-17. – Painted figures of mushrooms native to France, geography suite of Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, fascicles 1 to 17. Champignons comestibles et vénéneux des environs d'Autun, 1886 – Edible and poisonous mushrooms from the vicinity of Autun. Catalogue raisonné des champignons supérieurs (Hyménomyétes) des environs d'Autun et du département de Saône-et-Loire (with François-Xavier Gillot), 1891 - Catalogue raisonné of major fungi (Hymenomycete) from the vicinity of Autun, Saône-et-Loire. Les Champignons de la France, suite à l' iconographie de Bulliard, 1892 – Mushrooms of France, iconography suite of Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard.World Cat Identities Most widely held works by L Lucand
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