Austrian lichenologist and botanist (1844-1918).
Julius Steiner (1844–1918) was an Austrian secondary-school teacher and lichenologist. He spent most of his career teaching at the k.k. Staatsgymnasium in Vienna's eighth district and became a Schulrat (school councillor). Trained in natural sciences with an emphasis on botany at the University of Vienna, he earned a doctorate and was later granted the title of professor. Steiner worked extensively on lichen collections made by other botanists from the Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, and parts of northern and eastern Africa. He published several papers on the lichen funga of Au