Editing Rolf Singer

{{Short description|German mycologist (1906–1994)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Rolf Singer
| image             = Rolf Singer2.png
| caption           = Rolf Singer in 1945.
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1906|06|23}}
| birth_place       = [[Schliersee]], [[German Empire]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1994|01|18|1906|06|23}}
| death_place       = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| nationality       = [[Germany|German]]
| fields            = [[Mycology]]
| workplaces        = 
| alma_mater        = [[University of Vienna]] ([[PhD]], 1931)
| thesis_year       = 1931
| known_for         = [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]] of gilled [[mushroom]]s
}}

'''Rolf Singer''' (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German [[mycologist]] and [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomist]] of gilled [[mushroom]]s ([[agaric]]s).

He wrote the book "The [[Agaricales]] in Modern [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]]". He fled to various countries during the [[Nazism|Nazi]] period, pursuing mycology in the [[Soviet Union]], [[Argentina]], and finally the [[United States]], as mycologist at the [[Field Museum]] in [[Chicago]].

== Career==
After receiving his Ph.D. at the [[University of Vienna]] in 1931 he worked in [[Munich]]. By 1933, however, Singer left [[Germany]] for [[Vienna]] due to the political deterioration in [[Germany]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Muller |first=Gregory |year=1995 |title=Mycologia JOURNAL ARTICLE - Rolf Singer, 1906-1994 |journal=Mycologia |publisher=Taylor & Francis, Ltd. |volume=87 |issue=1 |pages=144–147 |doi=10.1080/00275514.1995.12026514 |jstor=3760958 |editor=Taylor & Francis}}</ref> There he met his wife, Martha Singer. From [[Vienna]], Singer and his wife went to [[Barcelona, Spain]], where Singer was appointed assistant professor at the [[Autonomous University of Barcelona]]. Persecution by the Spanish authorities on behalf of the [[Germany|German]] government forced Singer to leave [[Spain]] for [[France]] in 1934. After a fellowship at the [[Museum d'Histoire Naturelle]] in [[Paris]], Singer again moved, this time to [[Leningrad]], where he was senior scientific expert at the Botanical Garden of the [[Academy of Sciences of the USSR]]. During his time at the academy, Singer made many expeditions to [[Siberia]], the [[Altai Mountains]], and [[Karelia]]. In 1941, Singer emigrated to the [[United States]]. He was offered a position at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Farlow Herbarium]] as a research associate, then as Assistant Curator, then as acting Curator following the death of Dr. David Linder. He spent a total of seven years at the Farlow. During this time, Singer also received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] for studies in [[Florida]], and taught at the [[Mountain Lake Biological Station]] of the [[University of Virginia]].

In 1948, Singer left Harvard to become professor at the [[Universidad Nacional de Tucuman]] in [[Argentina]]. Later, in 1961, Singer became professor at the [[Universidad de Buenos Aires]]. During his time in [[South America]], Singer, his wife, and his daughter Heidi collected extensively. Singer's last faculty appointment was at the [[University of Illinois at Chicago]], from 1968 to 1977.

Singer was an author (or co-author) of new fungal species, having [[species description|formally described]] 2260 in his career.<ref name="Lücking 2020">{{cite journal |authorlink=Robert Lücking |last=Lücking |first=Robert |title=Three challenges to contemporaneous taxonomy from a licheno-mycological perspective |journal=Megataxa |volume=1 |issue=1 |year=2020 |doi=10.11646/megataxa.1.1.16 |pages=78–103 [85]}}</ref> He was also a prolific writer, with more than 400 publications to his name.

==Honours==
He has been honoured in the naming of several taxa of fungi.<ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref> Including; ''[[Singeriella]]'' {{Au|Petr.}} in 1959 (in [[Vizellaceae]] family),<ref>{{cite web |title=''Singeriella peruviana'' Petr. - GSD Species |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=305961 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> ''[[Singera]]'' {{Au|Bat. & J.L.Bezerra}} 1960 ([[Vermiculariopsiellaceae]] family),<ref>{{cite web |title=''Singera esenbeckiae'' Bat. & J.L. Bezerra, - GSD Species |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=339293 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref> [[Mesosingeria]] {{Au|S.Archang. 1963}} (Fossil, order [[Cycadales]]),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Archangelsky|first=Sergio|date=1963|title=A new Mesozoic flora from Ticó, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.|journal=[[Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology]]|volume=8|issue=2|pages=45–62|doi=10.5962/p.313876|doi-access=free}}</ref> ''[[Singeromyces]]'' {{Au|M.M.Mosera, 1966}} (in the family [[Boletaceae]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - GSD Species |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/GSDSpecies.asp?RecordID=339294 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>
''[[Singerina]]'' {{Au|Sathe & S.D.Deshp. 1981}} (in the family [[Agaricaceae]]),<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Sathe AV, Deshpande S, Kulkarni SM, Daniel J |title=Agaricales (Mushrooms) of South-west India - Part I: Agaricales (Mushrooms) of Maharashtra State |year=1980 |publisher=Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science |location=Pune, India |page=35}}</ref> and lastly, ''[[Singerocomus]]'' {{Au|T.W.Henkel & M.E.Sm. 2016}} ([[Boletaceae]] family).<ref>{{cite web |title=Singerocomus - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Singerocomus |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

{{botanist|Singer|Singer, Rolf}}

==Further reading==
*The Agaricales in modern taxonomy  by Rolf Singer (Koeltz Scientific Books, )
*A monograph on the genus Leucopaxillus Boursier by Rolf Singer (University of Michigan Press], 1943)
*Mycoflora Australis. by Rolf Singer(J.Cramer, 1969)
*Omphalinae (Clitocybeae-Tricholomataceae Basidiomycetes). by Rolf Singer (Published for Organization of Flora Neotropica by Hafner Pub. Co., 1970)
*The Boletineae of Mexico and Central America III by Rolf Singer (J. Cramer, 1991)
*The Boletineae of Mexico and Central America by Rolf Singer (J. Cramer, 1990)
*The Agaricales in modern taxonomy by Rolf Singer (Koeltz Scientific Books, 1986)
*The ectotrophically mycorrhizal fungi of the neotropical lowlands, especially Central Amazonia by Rolf Singer (J. Cramer, 1983)
*Hydropus (Basidiomycetes, Tricholomataceae, Myceneae) by Rolf Singer(New York Botanical Garden, 1982)
*Omphalinae (Clitocybeae-Tricholomataceae Basidiomycetes). by Rolf Singer (Published for Organization for Flora Neotropica by Hafner Pub. Co., 1970)
*Strobilomycetaceae (Basidiomycetes). by Rolf Singer (Published for Organization for Flora Neotropica by Hafner Pub. Co., 1970)
*The Boletineae of Florida by Rolf Singer (J. Cramer, 1977)
*Marasmieae (Basidiomycetes-Tricholomataceae) by Rolf Singer (Published for Organization for Flora Neotropica by the New York Botanical Garden, 1976)
*The genera Marasmiellus, Crepidotus and Simocybe in the neotropics by Rolf Singer (Cramer, 1973)
*A monograph of Favolaschia by Rolf Singer (Cramer, 1974)
*The Agaricales in modern taxonomy by Rolf Singer (J. Cramer, 1975)
*Phaeocollybia (Cortinariaceae-Basidiomycetes). by Rolf Singer (Published for Organization for Flora Neotropica by Hafner Pub. Co., 1970)
*Mycoflora Australis. by Rolf Singer (Cramer, 1969)
*Die Röhrlinge. by Rolf Singer (J. Klinkhardt, 1965)

== References ==
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==Other sources==
*{{cite journal|last=Mueller|first= Gregory M.|title=Rolf Singer, 1906-1994|journal= Mycologia|volume= 87|number=1|year=1995|pages=144–147|jstor=3760958|doi= 10.1080/00275514.1995.12026514}}
*{{cite journal|last=Singer|first= Martha|title= Glancing Back|journal=Sydowia; Annales Mycologici, Beihefte|volume= 8|year=1979|pages= 14–25}}
*Singer, Rolf. "Curriculum Vitae"

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