British botanist and lichenologist (1951 - ).
Brian Martin Spooner (born 1951) is an English mycologist who was head of mycology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He was born in Rochford, Essex. in 1951. He obtained his first degree in 1972 from the University of London. He joined the staff at the Herbarium, Kew in 1975 to undertake a study of ascomycetes under the guidance of Dr R W G Dennis, who had retired that year. He had a long term research project on the inoperculate Discomycetes of Australia. He was promoted to Higher Scientific Officer in 1979 and awarded a Ph.D. from Reading University in 1985 for his thesis "Helotiales of Au