Constantine John Alexopoulos

Constantine John Alexopoulos (March 17, 1907 – May 15, 1986) was an American mycologist. He was the main author of the landmark book Introductory Mycology, commonly used in mycology and mycology-related courses in undergrad and grad schools around the globe. Introductory Mycology was translated into five languages.

Education Although born in the United States of America, Alexopoulos studied in Athens until the beginning of high school, when he returned to his birthplace of Chicago in October 1919. Alexopoulos had to move to Greece at an early age to accompany his deployed father who joined the Greek army in the Balkan Wars. Echinostelium cribrarioides, Physarella oblonga f. alba, and higher taxa, such as Acrasiogymnomycotina. He participated in 85 publications during his life, half of which focused on Myxomycetes.

Papers and reviews Taxonomic studies in the Myxomycetes .5. Significance of peridial and spore ornamentations in the genus Tubifera, with a revised key to the species. Nelson, RK; Scheetz, RW; Alexopoulos, CJ Mycologia volume: 74 issue: 4 pages: 541-548 published: 1982 Deoxyribonucleic acid of fungi. Storck, R; Alexopoulos, CJ. Bacteriological reviews volume: 34 issue: 2 pages: 126-+ published: 1970 The Myxomycetes II. Alexopoulos, CJ. Botanical review volume: 29 issue: 1 pages: 1-78 published: 1963 Gross morphology of the plasmodium and its possible significance in the relationships among the Myxomycetes. Alexopoulos, CJ. Mycologia volume: 52 issue: 1 pages: 1-20 published: 1960 Nucleotide composition of deoxyribonucleic acid of some species of Cryptococcus rhodotorula and Sporobolomyces. Storck, R; Alexopoulos, CJ; Phaff, HJ. Journal of Bacteriology volume: 98 issue: 3 pages: 1069-+ published: 1969

Books Introductory Mycology. Alexopoulos, CJ; Mims, CW. 1952. John Wiley & Sons, First Edition. The Myxomycetes. Martin, GW; Alexopoulos, CJ. 1969. Univ. Iowa Press Algae and Fungi. Alexopoulos, CJ. 1967. New York, Macmillan

Academic connections Alexopoulos had 40 students during his academic life, including Master's, doctoral and post-doctoral students. and mycologist O'Neil Ray Collins. On the upper branches of Alexopoulos' "scientific genealogic tree" lies the Heinrich Anton De Bary

Memberships, positions and awards Alexopoulos' career granted him recognition by many different organizations around the globe. Alexopoulos received honors such as the Fulbright research fellow (1954) Alexopoulos was the last mycologist to be the President of the Botanical Society of America, a landmark of the connection loss between these two fields of science.