Aurel Dermek
Born(1925-07-25)25 July 1925
Brodské, Slovakia
DiedApril 15, 1989(1989-04-15) (aged 63)
Bratislava, Slovakia
OccupationMycologist, writer
LanguageSlovak
GenreField guides
SubjectMushrooms of Czechoslovakia
Notable workHríbovité huby (Fungi of the Boletaceae Family)

Aurel Dermek (born 25 July 1925, died 15 April 1989) was a Slovak mycologist, writer, photographer and illustrator.[1]

Biography

Dermek spent his childhood in Brodské, and later attended high school in the nearby Malacky. After abandoning the pursuit of a technical college degree, Dermek worked as an industrial designer in and around Bratislava. A self-taught mycologist, his interest in the field grew from a hobby into a secondary profession. Throughout his career, which spanned 24 years, he published over 50 scientific papers and 16 books, translated into multiple foreign languages. In addition to the above, he dedicated his time to producing visual images of fungi: altogether he published 869 watercolor plates, usually containing multiple species per plate and multiple fruiting bodies per species, as well as 759 color photographs and 432 pieces of line art. After retiring in 1985, he spent the rest of his days in Brodské.[1]

He was an honorary member of the Czechoslovak Scientific Society for Mycology and the Czech Mycological Society, as well as an accomplished member of the Slovak Botanical Society at the Slovak Academy of Sciences.[2]

The standard author abbreviation Dermek is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

New taxa

On his own and/or in cooperation with colleagues, especially with Albert Pilát, Aurel Dermek reclassified 17 fungal taxa (including the creation of Rubinoboletus as a genus and Boletus erythropus discolor as a subspecies), as well as described and published the following new taxa:

Species

Varieties

Forms

Publications

  • 1967: Aurel Dermek: Naše huby (Our Fungi)[16]
  • 1974: Aurel Dermek, Albert Pilát: Hríbovité huby (Fungi of the Boletaceae Family)[17]
  • 1974: Aurel Dermek, Albert Pilát: Poznávajme huby (Getting to Know Fungi)[17]
  • 1976: Aurel Dermek: Huby lesov, poli a lúk (Fungi of Forests, Fields and Meadows)[18]
  • 1977: Aurel Dermek: Atlas našich húb (Field Guide of our Mushrooms)[16]
  • 1980: Aurel Dermek, Pavel Lizoň: Malý atlas húb (Small Field Guide of Mushrooms)[16]

References

  1. 1 2 Lizoň P, Børja D. (1990). "Aurel Dermek (1925–1989)" [Aurel Dermek (1925–1989) in memoriam] (PDF). Czech Mycology (in Slovak). 44 (2): 111–114.
  2. ↑ Pavel Lizoň (1989). "Za Aurelom Dermekom" (PDF). Mykologické listy (in Slovak). 36 (3): 14–15.
  3. ↑ "Dermek, Aurel (1925–1989)". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Boletus pinophilus Pilát & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Leccinum piceinum Pilát & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Leccinum subcinnamomeum Pilát & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Boletus thalassinus (Pilát & Dermek) Hlaváček". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Butyriboletus subappendiculatus (Dermek, Lazebn. & J. Veselský) D. Arora & J.L. Frank". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Leccinum crocistipidosum H. Engel & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Boletus pinophilus var. pinophilus Pilát & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Xerocomus chrysenteron var. robustus Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Boletus edulis var. arenarius H. Engel, Krieglst. & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Boletus erythropus var. rubropileus Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Macrolepiota mastoidea var. atrobrunnea Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Boletus pinophilus f. pinophilus Pilát & Dermek". Index Fungorum. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 "Autor Aurel Dermek" (in Slovak). Martinus. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  17. 1 2 "Online Katalóg, Aurel Dermek" (in Slovak). Slovenská národná knižnica. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Huby lesov, polí a lúk, Aurel Dermek" (in Slovak). Databáze knih. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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