Léon Louis Rolland
Born(1841-12-10)10 December 1841
La Haie-Longue, Saint-Aubin-de-Luigné[1]
Died11 June 1912(1912-06-11) (aged 70)[2]
Neuilly-sur-Seine
NationalityFrench
Alma materCollège Rollin
Known forAuthor of species definitions
Scientific career
FieldsMycology
Author abbrev. (botany)Rolland

Léon Louis Rolland (10 December 1841 – 11 June 1912) was a French mycologist.

Early life

Rolland: Pleurotus cornucopuiae

Rolland, whose father was an engineer and director of the coal mines in the region, began his secondary education at the lycée (high school) of Angers, then that of Meaux, and finally the famous Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour in Paris, then called the Collège Rollin, where he took the baccalauréat. After that from 1866 to 1879 he spent several years in Le Havre, where his father was at that time first deputy.[1]

Meanwhile, Rolland developed an extreme passion for mathematics to such an extent that his health suffered and he was forced to give it up and take a break. He continued to live in Le Havre and after the death of his father there he got to know a pharmacist who studied mushrooms using the book by Krombholz. He became enraptured by mycology and when the Krombholz book was insufficient, he consulted the mycologist Gillet who became a close acquaintance. In 1879 he moved to Paris with his mother and after her death he moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine where he lived alone until his death.[1][3]

Career

In Paris he became friendly with the pharmacologist and mycologist Émile Boudier, who was later to write his obituary in the Bulletin of the Société mycologique de France. Rolland was an enthusiastic member of the latter society, never missing a conference, and published numerous papers in its bulletin; also he was president for a time. He was able to live from his investments and made mycological trips in France and abroad, for instance to Chamonix, Morocco, Algeria, and the Balearic Islands including the valley of Sóller.[4] He corresponded with the collector and co-founder of the Lyon Linnaean Society, Philibert Riel, on specimens from around Chamonix, and he contributed to the Lyon "Revue Mycologique".[5][1][6]

In his final years his health was poor and he was nursed by a loyal housemaid who had served him for 20 years. He left a sister, whom he loved very much, and several devoted nephews and nieces.[1]

His main œuvre was his "Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique" ("Atlas of the fungi of France, Switzerland and Belgium"), which covered 283 species, having originally been published in 15 parts from 1906 until 1910, each with 8 plates, and finally summarised in two volumes in 1910. The 120 chrome-lithographic watercolour plates were created by the illustrator A. Bessin, who also illustrated Paul Dumée's mushroom book.[7][8] For this work Rolland was awarded an honorary diploma at the "Universal Exhibition of Turin" (1911), where it was exhibited.[1]

Selected genera and species of which Rolland was the original author

Note that due to more modern taxonomic viewpoints, the genus name of a fungus has often changed from that which was initially given. In such a case, the original author of the species is still recorded in the attribution in parentheses before the author of the new genus/species combination.

Genus

  • Chamonixia Rolland (1899) [9]

Species

Selected publications

Rolland: Atlas des Champignons
Chamonixia caespitosa

See Boudier[1] for a complete list. Apart from the Atlas, all the items were published in "Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Boudier, Émile (1912). "Notice sur M. Léon Rolland". Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France (in French). 28: 414–418.
  2. ↑ "LÉON LOUIS ROLLAND". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Liste générale des membres". Bulletin trimestriel de la Société mycologique de France (in French). 21–1: 15. 1905.
  4. ↑ Garcia L; Constantino C. "L'EXPLORACIÓ MICOLÒGICA DE LA VALL DE SÓLLER DEL NATURALISTA LÉON LOUIS ROLLAND (1903-1904)" [The mycological exploration of the valley of Sóller by naturalist Léon Louis Rolland (1903-1904)] (in Catalan). Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Van Vooren N; Desfrançais R. "Les planches inédites de champignons de l'herbier Riel- 1. Introduction" [Unpublished plates of the fungi of Riel's herbarium] (in French). p. 126. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Initial page". Revue Mycologique (in French): 1. 1903.
  7. 1 2 Rolland, Léon Louis (1910). Atlas des champignons de France, Suisse et Belgique [Atlas of the fungi of France, Switzerland and Belgium] (in French). 3, rue Corneille, 75003 Paris: Paul Kliencksieck.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  8. ↑ Dumée, Paul (1912). Nouvel Atlas des Champignons Comestibles et Vénéneux [New Atlas of Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms] (in French). 3, rue Corneille, 75003 Paris: Paul Kliencksieck.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  9. ↑ "Species Fungorum Chamonixia page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Species Fungorum Leccinellum corsicum page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "Species Fungorum Suillus plorans page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Species Fungorum Chamonixia caespitosa page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Species Fungorum Ganoderma lionnetii page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Species Fungorum Lactarius porninsis page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Species Fungorum Pleurotus cornucopiae page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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