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### Author
Kirschstein, Wilhelm (1863-1946), German mycologist; high school teacher at Rathenow (Havel), later at Berlin-Pankov.
**Abbreviated name**: *Kirschst.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Kirschst.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (10.000, extant; rd. 1945). K's library came also to B. – "Kirschstein krönte seine Uneigennützigkeit durch Schenkung seines Pilzherbars... an das Botanische Museum \[Berlin-Dahlem\]..." (Rosenthal, 1956).
*Ref*.: Kohlmeyer, Willdenowia 2: 783. 1961.
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(2): 226; Barnhart 2: 295; Bossert p. 212; CSP 16: 294; IH 2: 363; Kew 3: 268; LS 13925-13926, suppl. 13966-13969; Stevenson p. 1247; Urban-Berl. p. 277.
- Rosenthal, M., Willdenowia 1(4): 606-611. 1956 (portr., bibl.); Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 68a: 254. 1956.
#### Composite works
*Kryptogamenflora von Brandenburg*:
(a) *Sphaeriales*, 7(2): \[164\]-304. 20 Nov 1911.
(b) *Sphaerellaceae*, 7(3): 305-448. 5 Mai 1938.
#### Handwriting
Willdenowia 1 (4): 607. 1956.
#### Eponymy
*Kirschsteinia* H. Sydow (1906); *Kirschsteiniella* F. Petrak (1923).