German mycologist (1939–2018).
Franz Oberwinkler (22 May 1939 in Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria – 15 March 2018 in Tübingen) was a German mycologist, specialising in the fungal morphology, ecology and phylogeny of basidiomycetes. Oberwinkler obtained his PhD in 1965 at LMU Munich studying under Josef Poelt. From 1967 to 1974, he was a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Systematic Botany, LMU Munich, becoming professor in 1972. Between 1968 and 1969, Oberwinkler was Scientific Expert of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the Instituto Forestal Latino-Americano in Mérida, Venezuela. In 1974, he was appo