Mariya Zerova

Publications Zerova is the author or co-author of over 200 publications. These include books about the fungi of Ukraine. M. Ya. Zerova, Edible and poisonous mushrooms of Ukraine (Їстівні та отруйні гриби України) (in Ukrainian, two editions, 1963 and 1970). M. Ya. Zerova and SP Wasser, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Ukrainian Carpathians (Їстівні та отруйні гриби Українських Карпат) (in Ukrainian, 1972). M. Ya. Zerova, Atlas of Mushrooms of Ukraine (Атлас грибів України) (in Ukrainian, 1974). With colour drawings of 550 species of mushrooms.

She was one of the authors of the Determination of mushrooms of Ukraine (Визначник грибів України), that was published in five volumes in seven books between 1967 and 1979, although work on it started in 1946. She contributed to Volume 2, on ascomycota and basidiomycota found in the Ukraine region, and also to Volume 3 where she provided a critical revision of the fungi imperfecti.

In the 60's Zerova published generalized works on the classification and evolution of ascomycetes.

Awards In December 1983 Zerova was awarded the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in the field of science and technology for her contributions to the Determination of Mushrooms of Ukraine (1967–1979).

Personal life She met and married Dmitry Zerov while she was a student at Kiev University. They had a child, zoologist Marina Zerova.