Czech mycologist (1884-1956).
František Smotlacha (30 January 1884 in Hradec Králové – 18 June 1956 in Prague) was a Czech mycologist. He founded the Czechoslovak Mycological Society in 1921 together with Rudolf Veselý and the leading journal of Czech mycology: Mykologický sborník - Časopis Českých Houbařů (known as the C.C.H. among mycologists) in 1919. He was also president of the Czechoslovak Jiujitsu Union and founder of collegiate sport in Czechoslovakia. His son, Miroslav Smotlacha, also became a mycologist. Smotlacha described many species of fungi including Boletus rhodopurpureus Morchella pragensis Boletus fuscor