James Walton Groves

James Walton Groves (October 18, 1906 - May 6, 1970) was a Canadian mycologist born in Kinburn, Ontario, on October 18, 1906, to John James and Laura Groves. He displayed an early interest in education and learning. He taught himself the alphabet from a decorated bowl, and impressed visitors to the family farm by reading aloud the newspaper by age four. This work was featured in a post mortem publication book Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of Canada, which largely covered the families of Agaricaceae and Boletaceae. He has published other articles as well.

Personal life During his time at Lake Timagami after earning his Ph.D. he met Elsie Margaret Reah and they married in 1936 and moved to Ottawa for a position James accepted with the Canada Department of Agriculture. Including, in 1960, botanist Richard William George Dennis published Grovesia, which is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. In 1969, Grovesiella was published by Michel Morelet, which is another genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. Then in 1983, Grovesinia was published, which is a genus of fungi in the family Sclerotiniaceae.