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Curtis Gates Lloyd

American mycologist

Died when: 67 years 117 days (807 months)
Star Sign: Cancer

 

Curtis Gates Lloyd

Curtis Gates Lloyd (July 17, 1859 – November 11, 1926) was an American mycologist known for both his research on the gasteroid and polypore fungi, as well as his controversial views on naming conventions in taxonomy.

He had a herbarium with about 60,000 fungal specimens, and described over a thousand new species of fungi.Along with his two brothers John Uri Lloyd and Nelson Ashley Lloyd, he founded the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati.


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