Franz Oberwinkler (22 May 1939 in Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria – 15 March 2018 in Tübingen[1]) was a German mycologist, specialising in the fungal morphology, ecology and phylogeny of basidiomycetes.
Oberwinkler earned his PhD in 1965 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich studying under Josef Poelt. From 1967 to 1974 he was a research assistant and lecturer at the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Munich, becoming professor in 1972. Between 1968–1969 Oberwinkler was Scientific Expert of the Food and Agriculture Organization at the Instituto Forestal Latino-Americano in Mérida, Venezuela.
In 1974 he was appointed as successor to Karl Mägdefrau as Chair of Systematic Botany and Mycology at the University of Tübingen and from 1974 until his retirement in 2008 he was head of the University's botanic garden, Botanischer Garten der Universität Tübingen.[2] In 2002 he became the founding editor-in-chief of the academic journal, Mycological Progress. Between 1962 and 2010 he authored and co-authored 340 publications. Oberwinkler retired in 2008 becoming professor emeritus of the university's 'Organismic Botany Group' and he continued as editor-in-chief of the journal.[3]
He was the recipient of several awards, including the de Bary medal of the International Mycological Association (IMA) in 2010.[4] Several fungal taxa are named in his honour including the species Amanita oberwinklerana,[5]Sphaerobasidioscypha oberwinkleri,[6]Thecaphora oberwinkleri,[7]Uromyces oberwinklerianus,[8] and the genera Oberwinkleria[9] and Oberwinklerozyma.[10] He was a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1995.[11]
The standard author abbreviation Oberw. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[12]
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^Hawksworth, David L, ed. (December 2010). "IMA Medals awarded at IMC9 - De Bary Medal: Franz Oberwinkler" (PDF). IMA Fungus. 1 (2). IMA: 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
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^"Utenlandske medlemmer" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 15 July 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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Polyporales. The family was circumscribed in 1966 by German mycologist FranzOberwinkler with Xenasma as the type genus. As of April 2018[update], Index Fungorum...
first described by Bourdot & Galzin and given its current name by FranzOberwinkler, Robert Bauer and Robert Joseph Bandoni. It appears in North America...
Circumscribed by German mycologist FranzOberwinkler in 1966, the widespread genus contains four species. Oberwinkler, F. (1965). "Primitive Basidiomyceten...
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Nematococcomyces is a genus of fungi within the Rhytismataceae family. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Nematococcomyces rhododendri...
species Stilbotulasnella conidiophora, found in Hawaii. Bandoni RJ, Oberwinkler F. (1982). "Stilbotulasnella: a new genus in the Tulasnellaceae". Canadian...
Cystofilobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Cystofilobasidiaceae. Species occur as yeasts, but produce filamentous sexual states that form dikaryote...
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The Gjaerumiaceae are a family of smut fungi in the Basidiomycota, class Exobasidiomycetes. The family is monotypic, and contains the single genus Gjaerumia...
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The Eballistraceae are a family of smut fungi in the Basidiomycota, class Exobasidiomycetes. This is a monotypic family, containing the single genus Eballistra...
The Georgefischeriaceae are a family of smut fungi in the Basidiomycota, class Exobasidiomycetes. Species in the family have a widespread distribution...
contains four species. The genus was described by German mycologist FranzOberwinkler in 1965. The name commemorates Austrian mycologist Viktor Litschauer...
Microbotryaceae. It contains 5 species. Piepenbring, M.; Vánky, K.; Oberwinkler, F. (1996). "Aurantiosporium, a new genus for Ustilago subnitens (Ustilaginales)"...
mycetophilus, is currently uncertain. Carcinomyces was introduced in 1982 by FranzOberwinkler and Robert Bandoni for two species forming conspicuous, gelatinous...
contains three species found in Europe, was circumscribed by mycologist FranzOberwinkler in 1966. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary...
The Carcinomycetaceae are a family of fungi in the order Tremellales. The family currently contains a single genus. Some species produce filamentous sexual...
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Classiculomycetes belong to the small basidio minority. Bauer R, Begerow D, Oberwinkler F, Marvanová L (2003). "Classicula: the teleomorph of Naiadella fluitans"...
contains two genera (Agaricostilbum being a synonym of Sterigmatomyces). Oberwinkler F, Bauer R (1989). "The systematics of gasteroid, auricularioid Heterobasidiomycetes"...
Amyloxenasma is a genus of corticioid fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. The widely distributed genus contains six species. Binder M, Larsson K-H,...
distributed worldwide. Occultifur was proposed in 1990 by German mycologist FranzOberwinkler for a fungus with auricularioid (tubular and laterally septate) basidia...
Atractiellales, which contains 3 families, 10 genera, and 58 species. Oberwinkler F, Bandoni RJ (1982). "A taxonomic survey of the gasteroid, auricularioid...
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