Royall T. Moore

Royall Tyler Moore
Born (1930-10-11)October 11, 1930
Varna, New York, U.S.
Died August 17, 2014(2014-08-17) (aged 83)
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Fields Mycology
Alma mater

Michigan State College

Harvard University
Doctoral advisor Ivan Mackenzie Lamb
Known for New species
Fungal diversity and development
Notable awards Benefactor's Medal, British Mycological Society
Doctor of Science
Author abbrev. (botany) R.T. Moore

Royall Tyler Moore (October 11, 1930 – August 17, 2014) was an American-born mycologist and mycology professor.

Education and work

He received his doctorate from the Harvard University in 1959, writing his dissertation on the fungal genus Sporidesmium. Later, he worked at Cornell University, the University of California, Berkeley, and North Carolina State University on the classification and development of fungi before joining the faculty at Ulster University at Coleraine. Moore bequeathed almost $500,000 to Cornell University to promote the study of mycology.[1]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. Carberry, John (17 June 2015). "Royall Moore's passion for fungi funds students". Cornell Chronicle. Cornell University. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  2. IPNI.  R.T. Moore.
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