Robert Joseph Bandoni
Robert Joseph Bandoni | |
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| Born | November 9, 1926 Weeks, Nevada |
| Died | May 18, 2009 (aged 82) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Nevada |
| Known for | Taxonomy of the Heterobasidiomycetes |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycology |
| Thesis | Taxonomic studies of the genus Tremella (Tremellaceae) (1957) |
| Doctoral advisor | George Willard Martin |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Bandoni |
Robert Joseph Bandoni (11 November 1926 – 5 May 2009) was a mycologist who specialized on the taxonomy and morphology of the heterobasidiomycetes (“jelly fungi”).
During his 50 years as professor at the University of British Columbia, he wrote over 80 scientific publications as well as several books. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus in 1989. In 1990 the Canadian Botanical Association awarded him the George Lawson Medal. Bandoni died on May 18, 2009, in Vancouver, British Columbia, after suffering a stroke.