Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist (1858-1949).
Josef Velenovský (22 April 1858 – 7 May 1949) was a Czech botanist, mycologist, pteridologist, and bryologist. He also worked with fossils. He was a research investigator and professor in the Botanical Institute of the University of Prague, alternating with his colleague Ladislav Josef Čelakovský. He was also professor of botany at Charles University, where he concentrated in the study of mycology in the final half of his life. Velenovský collected innumerable specimens, particularly in new central Bohemia. He was a prolific author (or coauthor) of new fungal species, having formally described
Abbreviations: Velen.
Occupations: writer, scientific collector, teacher, pteridologist, philosopher, pedagogue, mycologist, bryologist, paleontologist, botanist, naturalist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Czechoslovakia, Austria–Hungary
Languages: Latin, German, Czech
Dates: 1858-04-22T00:00:00Z – 1949-05-07T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Čekanice
Direct attributions: 101 plants, 1,768 fungi
Authorship mentions: 182 plants, 2,079 fungi