Edwin John Butler

British botanist (1874-1943).

Sir Edwin John Butler (13 August 1874 – 4 April 1943) was an Irish mycologist and plant pathologist. He became the Imperial Mycologist in India and later the first director of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology in England. He was knighted in 1939. During his twenty years in India, he began large scale surveys on fungi and plant pathology and published the landmark book Fungi and Disease in Plants: An Introduction to the Diseases of Field and Plantation Crops, especially those of India and the East (1918) and has been called the Father of Mycology and Plant Pathology in India.

Abbreviations: E.J.Butler
Occupations: mycologist, microbiologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Irish Free State
Languages: English
Dates: 1874-08-13T00:00:00Z – 1943-04-04T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Kilkee
Direct attributions: 2 plants, 91 fungi
Authorship mentions: 2 plants, 126 fungi

91 fungi attributed, 35 fungi contributed to126 fungi:

Allomyces E.J. Butler 1911
fungi genus in the blastocladiaceae family
Allomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Blastocladiaceae. It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911. Species in the genus have a polycentric thallus and reproduce sexually or asexually by zoospores that have a whiplash-like flagella. They are mostly isolated from soils in tropical countries, commonly in ponds, rice fields, and slow-moving rivers.
Phytophthora palmivora (E.J. Butler) E.J. Butler 1919
fungi species in the peronosporaceae family
Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut. These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and moulds in South India. Outbreaks occur almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar and other areas. Similar diseases of palms are also known to occur in Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and Sumatra. The causative organism was first identified as P. palmivora by Edwin John Butler in 1917.
Puccinia kuehnii (W. Krüger) E.J. Butler 1914
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
Puccinia kuehnii is a plant pathogen that causes orange rust disease of sugarcane. Orange rust was first discovered in India in 1914, but the first case of huge economical damage in sugarcane was registered in Australia in 2001. The first case in United States was in 2007 in Florida and has so far been the only state in the United States where sugarcane has been affected by this kind of rust. In order to treat the infected sugarcane at least three rounds of fungicide must be applied to the plant, costing growers $40 million a year. Currently scientists at the Agricultural Research Service are
Colletotrichum capsici (Syd. & P. Syd.) E.J. Butler & Bisby 1931
fungi species in the glomerellaceae family
Colletotrichum capsici is a species of fungus and plant pathogen which causes leaf blight on Chlorophytum borivilianum, basil, chickpea and pepper as well as dieback in pigeonpea and anthracnose in poinsettia.
Taphrina maculans E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the taphrinaceae family
Taphrina maculans is a fungal plant pathogen that is the causative agent of leaf blotch of turmeric plants. It has been reported from Bangladesh and India. The fungus was first described scientifically by Irish mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911.
Sphacelotheca fagopyri Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1907
fungi species in the microbotryaceae family
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Rhytisma himalense Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the rhytismataceae family
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Puccinia calosperma Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1906
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
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Cytospora sacchari E.J. Butler 1906
fungi species in the valsaceae family
Cytospora sacchari is a plant pathogen.
Cystopsora E.J. Butler 1910
fungi genus in the pucciniaceae family
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Cercospora longipes E.J. Butler 1906
fungi species in the mycosphaerellaceae family
Cercospora longipes is a fungal plant pathogen.
Allomyces arbusculus E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the blastocladiaceae family
Allomyces arbusculus is a species of fungus from India. It has contributed to studies in biochemistry.
Aecidium amaryllidis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1912
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
Aecidium amaryllidis is a species of fungus in the Pucciniales order. It was described by Syd., P. Syd and E.J.Butler in 1912. It was found on the leaves of Amaryllis species in Uttarakhand, India.
Uromyces andropogonisannulati Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1907
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
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Uredo sissoo Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1906
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
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Taphrina rhomboidalis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the taphrinaceae family
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Scirrhia seriata Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the mycosphaerellaceae family
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Phyllosticta artocarpina Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1916
fungi species in the phyllostictaceae family
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Phyllachora malabarensis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the phyllachoraceae family
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Hendersonina sacchari E.J. Butler 1913
fungi species
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Hapalophragmium ponderosum Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1912
fungi species in the raveneliaceae family
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Cytospora cedri Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1916
fungi species in the valsaceae family
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Colletotrichum curcumae (Syd. & P. Syd.) E.J. Butler & Bisby 1931
fungi species in the glomerellaceae family
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Coccomyces vilis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the rhytismataceae family
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Blastospora hygrophilae Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1912
fungi species in the mikronegeriaceae family
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Balansia andropogonis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1911
fungi species in the clavicipitaceae family
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Stauronema sacchari Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1916
fungi species
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Stauronema platense (Speg.) Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1916
fungi species
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Stauronema cruciferum (Ellis) Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1916
fungi species
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Puccinia oryzopsidis Syd., P. Syd. & E.J. Butler 1907
fungi species in the pucciniaceae family
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