Élie MARCHAL (Wasigny 1839-1923), Belgian botanist and mycol - Lot 46

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Élie MARCHAL (Wasigny 1839-1923), Belgian botanist and mycol - Lot 46
Élie MARCHAL (Wasigny 1839-1923), Belgian botanist and mycologist, curator of the Jardin Botanique de l'État in Brussels; several species, including the fungal genus Marchaliella, were named after him. 6 autograph letters signed to botanist and mycologist Émile Boudier (1828-1920). 10 pp. in-8, several headings from the Jardin Botanique de l'État. Brussels, 1886. About the shipment of mushrooms he is sending Boudier to help him determine them, as he himself, suffering from an illness, can no longer observe under the microscope; also about the festivities for the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique, etc. "I thank you very much for the good information you have sent me about this fungus, which is new to the Belgian flora [...]". A handwritten list of plants is attached.
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