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3 unusual facts about Petter Adolf Karsten


Boletus

Since then, other genera have been defined gradually, such as Tylopilus by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881, and old names such as Leccinum have been resurrected or redefined.

Cortinarius caperatus

Later it was transferred to Pholiota in 1887 by Pier Andrea Saccardo, and then Rozites (after mycologist Ernst Roze) by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879, and was known as Rozites caperata (Pers.) P. Karst.

Tricholoma resplendens

It was originally described as Agaricus resplendens by Elias Magnus Fries in 1857, and was given its current name by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1876.



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