French botanist (1796-1840).
François Fulgis Chevallier (1796, Paris – 1840) was a French botanist whose areas of interest included fungi, ferns and algae. In 1821 he received his doctorate with a thesis on indigenous hemlock in regard to considerations as a poison and a drug. Dissertation sur les ciguës indigènes, considérées comme poisons et comme médicaments. Other noted publications by Chevallier include: Essai sur les hypoxylons lichénoïdes, comprenant les genres Hysterium, Polymorphum, Opegrapha, Arthonia, Schizoxylum, Verrucaria, Pertusaria..., 1822 - Essay on lichenoid hypoxylons. Histoire des Graphidées, accompa