Adolf Hugo Magnusson

Adolf Hugo Magnusson (1 March 188514 July 1964) was a Swedish naturalist who specialized in lichenology. He was a school teacher in Gothenburg from 1909 to 1948, but spent his spare time on the study of lichens. Magnusson published many monographs and floristic papers, specializing in crustose lichens. He formally described about 900 new taxa, specializing in the genera Lecidea, Lecanora, Caloplaca, and Acarospora.

Early life and education Adolf Hugo Magnusson was born on 1 March 1885, in the parish of Gottröra, Uppland (Stockholm County). His parents, Johan Adolf Magnusson, an elementary schoolmaster with a talent for practical work, and Sofia, née Olsson, were from Södermanland. His father, who died in 1935, was a skilled craftsman in various trades and passed on his practical abilities to his son. Despite the strictness of his father, which contributed to a difficult childhood for Adolf and his sister, Magnusson developed an early passion for collecting plants, insects, and stamps. + Some lichens originally described by Magnusson: Magnusson described about 900 species. He studied all kinds of lichens, but was particularly interested in crustose lichens such as Acarospora, Caloplaca, Lecanora, Lecidea, and Rinodina.