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### Author
Niessl von Mayendorf, Gustav (1839-1919), Austrian naturalist and botanist; 1857-1865 geometrist at Wien; from 1865-1906 professor of geodesy and astronomy at the University of Brno (Brünn); from 1906 again in Wien.
**Abbreviated name**: *Niessl* \[standard form in IPNI: *Niessl*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Main original collections at [[Collection M|M]] (Austrian coll., incl. fungi) and [[Collection BRNU|BRNU]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection CUP|CUP]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection MW|MW]], [[Collection U|U]] (musci), [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 4: 722, 12(1): 277; Backer p. 396; Barnhart 3: 5; BM 3: 1435; Bossert p. 287; CSP 4: 623, 8: 507-508, 10: 926-927, 12: 538, 17: 528; DTS 1: 212; Frank 3(Anh.): 71; GR p. 436, cat. p. 68; Hawksworth p. 184; Herder p. 243, 270; IH 2: (in press); Jackson p. 163-164, 172; Kanitz no. 249; Kelly p. 161; Kew 4: 145; Klásterský p. 135; Krempelh. 1: 571; LS 18952-18988; Rehder 3: 677; Stevenson p. 1252; Urban-Berl. p. 280, 309.
- Anon., Hedwigia 63(Beibl.): 97. 1921 (d. 1 Sep 1919).
- Hedge, I. C. & J. M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 114. 1970.
- Höhnel, F. von, Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 36: 468. 30 Jan 1919 (epon.).
- Iltis, H., Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 50: 300-301, photogr. 1912 (the photograph shows N. with J. Nave, A. Makowsky and J. Kalmus); Life of Mendel ed. 2. 330 \[index\]. 1966.
- Lindemann, E. v., Bull. Soc. imp. Natural. Moscou 61: 50. 1886.
- Oborny, A., Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 21(2): 17, 23, 24. 1882 (bibl.).
- Poetsch, J. S. & K. B. Schiedermayr, Syst. Aufz. samenl. Pfl. xv-xvi. 1872.
- Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 3: 971-972. 1898 (b. 26 Jan 1839, 4(2): 1074-1075. 1904, 5(2): 906. 1926 (d. 1 Sep 1919), 6(3): 1856. 1938 (bibl.).
- Spegazzini, C., Anal. Soc. Ci. Argent. 9 (in tabula). 1880 (epon.).
#### Eponymy
*Niesslella* Spegazzini (1880); *Niesslella* F. von Höhnel (1919); *Niesslia* Auerswald (1869).
### Publications
##### n.6819. Vorarbeiten zu einer Kryptogamenflora von Mähren und Österr. Schlesien
**Title**
*Vorarbeiten zu einer Kryptogamenflora von Mähren und Österr. Schlesien*. ii. *Pilze und Myxomyceten*. (Erste Folge) Bearbeitet von G. v. Niessl... Brünn (Aus Georg Gastl's Buchdruckerei...) 1865. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1865 (p. 136: specimen collected 1 Mai 1865; ÖbZ 1 Nov 1865), p. \[1\]-136, *pl. 2 *(uncol.). *Copies*: FH, H. – Reprinted from Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 3: 60 \[= reprint p. 3\]-193. 1865. To be cited from journal. Niessl published a third part "Höhere Sporenpflanzen" ib. 4: 34-37; 42-52. 1865. The first part of this series has not been traced by us.
*Ref*.: Hoffmann, Bot. Zeit. 24: 71-72. 2 Mar 1866.
##### n.6820. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Pilze
**Title**
*Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Pilze*. Beschreibung neuer und wenig bekannter Pilze... Brünn (Druck von W. Burkart. – Verlag des Vereines.) 1872. Oct.
**Notes**
Publ.: 1872 (Hedwigia rev. Aug 1873), p. \[*1*\]-67, *pl. 3-7* (uncol). *Copies*: FH, FI, H, NY.– Reprinted from Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 10: 153 \[= p. 3 reprint\]-217, *pl. 3-7*. 1872. To be cited from journal.
*Ref*.: Bary, A. de, Bot. Zeit. 30: 801-802. 8 Nov 1872.
##### n.6821. Notizen über neue und kritische Pyrenomyceten
**Title**
*Notizen über neue und kritische Pyrenomyceten*... Brünn (Druck von W. Burkart in Brünn. Verlag des Vereines.) 1876. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Aug 1876 (Bot. Zeit. 20 Oct 1876; Hedwigia Sep 1876), p. \[1\]-58, *pl. 4* (uncol.).
*Copies*: FH, H, NY. – Reprinted from Verh. naturf. Ver. Brünn 14: 156 \[= p. 3 reprint\]-218, *pl. 4*. To be cited from journal.