Konrad van Warmelo collection on Mycology
University of Johannesburg
Prof. Konrad van Warmelo has been a professional mycologist since 1960. He taught Mycology at the former Rand Afrikaans University and trained students up to doctoral level. He was the former Head of the Department of Botany (RAU) and Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Johannesburg. Of the few mycologists in South Africa, Prof Van Warmelo could be regarded as the most experienced. Mycology is the study of Fungi (the moulds and mushrooms) and is considered a sub-section of Microbiology, which focuses more on Bacteriology. Since the mid-1990's the teaching of Mycology at South African universities has declined drastically. South African expertise to identify fungal specimens is becoming scarce and books about it similarly. UJ is privileged to have renowned botanists like Professor Ben-Erik van Wyk (specialist in medicinal plants) and Professor Konrad van Warmelo (mycologist) associated with the University
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