David Leslie Hawksworth

David Leslie Hawksworth (born 1946 in Sheffield, UK) is a British mycologist and lichenologist currently with a professorship in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. Hawksworth has had a prolific career, authoring nearly 600 scientific works (including almost 60 books), describing approximately 250 new taxa, and proposing around 500 new combinations or new names in fungal nomenclature. Five genera and many species have been named in his honour.

Hawksworth's research has focused on broad nomenclatural issues, fostering the integration of fungal nomenclature, and global assessment of fungal diversity. He has conducted systematic revisions of neglected groups, including lichenicolous taxa and fungi at the borderline of lichenisation, with a particular interest in the family Parmeliaceae. , he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journals IMA Fungus and Biodiversity and Conservation.

Education

Born in Sheffield in 1946, David Hawksworth studied at the University of Leicester. From this institution, he earned a BSc in 1967, a PhD in 1970, and a DSc in 1980. with David J. Hill:

as editor with B. W. Ferry and M. S. Baddeley:

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