right|thumb|Andreas Allescher '''Andreas Allescher''' (6 June 1828, in Munich – 10 April 1903, in Munich) was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.
Following training at the teachers' seminar in Freising, he spent several years teaching classes in Haag an der Amper, Munich and Engedey (near Berchtesgaden). In 1862 he returned to Munich, where he spent many years as a teacher at several facilities, including a post as an instructor at the district teachers' seminar (from 1872).<ref name=BA>[https://books.google.com/books?id=sxlGAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Andreas+Allescher%22+1828&pg=PP23 Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung] Google Books (biography in German)</ref>
He made important contributions regarding fungi imperfecti to Rabenhorst's ''Kryptogamen-Flora'' series.<ref>[http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?TableKey=14682616000000061&Rec=26381&Fields=All Allescher, A. 1899. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora, Pilze - Fungi Imperfecti. 1(6):321-640] Mycobank Literature</ref><ref>[http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?TableKey=14682616000000061&Rec=26375&Fields=All Allescher, A. 1902. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora, Pilze - Fungi Imperfecti. 1(7):385-704] Mycobank Literature</ref><ref>[http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?TableKey=14682616000000061&Rec=26376&Fields=All Allescher, A. 1903. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora, Pilze - Fungi Imperfecti. 1(7):705-1072] Mycobank Literature</ref> Together with Johann Nepomuk Schnabl he edited the exsiccata series ''Fungi Bavarici'' (no. 1 - no. 700).<ref>{{cite web |title=Fungi Bavarici: IndExs ExsiccataID=429712176 |website=IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae |publisher=Botanische Staatssammlung München |url=https://www.botanischestaatssammlung.de/DatabaseClients/IndExs/Exsiccatae_IndExs_Details.jsp?ExsiccataID=429712176 |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>
The mycological genera ''Allescheria'' (in Cenangiaceae family) in 1899,<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Names Record |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=627084 |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> ''Allescheriella'' (in Botryobasidiaceae family) in 1897,<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Allescheriella |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> and ''Allescherina'' (in Diatrypaceae family) in 1902,<ref>{{cite web |title=Species Fungorum - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Allescherina |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> commemorate his name.<ref name=BA/><ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
== Selected works == * ''Verzeichnis in Südbayern beobachteter Basidiomyceten'', 1884 – Directory of southern Bavarian Basidiomycetes. * ''Verzeichnis in Süd-Bayern beobachteter Pilze. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der bayerischen Pilz-flora'', (5 volumes, 1885–97) – Directory of southern Bavarian fungi. * ''Die Pilze : Deutschlands, Oesterreichs und der Schweiz. Abtheilung 6. Fungi imperfecti : Hyalin-sporige Sphaerioideen'', 1901 – Fungi: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Division VI, Fungi imperfecti. * ''Die Pilze : Deutschlands, Oesterreichs un der Schweiz / VII. Abtheilung, Fungi imperfecti: Gefarbt-sporige Sphaerioideen, sowie Nectrioideen, Leptostromaceen, Excipulaceen und Familien der Ordnung der Melanconieen'', 1903 – Fungi: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Division VII, Fungi imperfecti.<ref>[http://worldcat.org/identities/viaf-162653929/ Most widely held works by Andreas Allescher] WorldCat Identities</ref> {{Botanist|Allesch.|Allescher, Andreas}}
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