Charles Clifton Brittlebank

Botanist (1862-1945).

Charles Clifton Brittlebank (1 Jan 1863 – 3 Nov 1945) was an Australian plant pathologist, mycologist (fungi specialist), scientific illustrator, university lecturer and farmer (near Bacchus Marsh, Victoria). In all of his endeavours he became outstanding in his field, gaining international acclaim for his discoveries and publications. In February 1992 he was officially commemorated by the naming of the road Brittlebank Circuit, in the suburb of Banks, in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

Abbreviations: Brittleb.
Occupations: scientific illustrator, naturalist, ornithologist, mycologist
Dates: 1862-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 0 plants, 1 fungus
Authorship mentions: 0 plants, 2 fungi

1 fungus attributed, 1 fungus contributed to2 fungi:

Hysterangium maidenii (Rodway) Brittleb. 1940
fungi species in the hysterangiaceae family
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Pyrenophora seminiperda (Brittleb. & D.B. Adam) Shoemaker 1966
fungi species in the pleosporaceae family
Pyrenophora seminiperda is a minor plant pathogen that causes leaf spots on many grasses. It is an important generalist grass seed pathogen which causes visible cylindrical masses of black fungal hyphae (stromata) to grow from infected seeds. Hence the common name "black fingers of death" It has been hypothesized that the fungus arrived in North America with invasive grasses from Eurasia. BFOD has been suggested as a method of biocontrol of the invasive cheatgrass, one of the most important invasive species in the USA. Various secondary metabolites of the fungus, including Cytochalasin B,
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