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3 unusual facts about Robert Hartig


Hartig

Robert Hartig (1839–1901), a German forestry scientist and mycologist, son of Theodor

Hartig net

The early research on the anatomy of the interface between ectomycorrhizal fungi and plants was done by Robert Hartig, a 19th-century German plant pathologist, so the Hartig net is named after him.

Heterobasidion annosum

Later, it was found to be linked to conifer disease by Robert Hartig in 1874, and was renamed Fomes annosus by H. Karsten.



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