Charles Tulasne

{{Infobox scientist | name = Charles Tulasne | image = Acta Horti berg. - 1905 - tafl. 142. - Charles Tulasne.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1816|09|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Langeais, France | death_date = {{death date and age|1884|08|28|1816|09|5|df=y}} | death_place = Hyères, France | field = Physician<br>Mycology | workplaces = | alma_mater = | children = }} '''Charles Tulasne''' (5 September 1816 – 28 August 1884) was a French physician, mycologist and illustrator born in Langeais in the département of Indre-et-Loire.

He received his medical doctorate in 1840 and practiced medicine in Paris until 1854. Afterwards he worked with his older brother Louis René Tulasne (1815–1885) in the field of mycology. He died in Hyères, département of Var.

<onlyinclude>In addition to assisting his brother with the classification and study of fungi, Charles Tulasne collaborated with Louis on numerous scientific publications. He is known for his excellent illustrations, particularly in the three-volume ''Selecta Fungorum Carpologia''. Regarding the artistic quality of his work, Charles Tulasne is sometimes referred to as "The Audubon of Fungi".</onlyinclude>

In 1872, Joseph Schröter circumscribed a genus of effused (patch-forming) fungi in the Tulasnellaceae family, ''Tulasnella'' was named in Tulasne's honour.<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>

==References== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121113100902/http://www.huh.harvard.edu/collections/fof/newsletters/newslspring2006.pdf Article on the Tulasne Brothers] {{Reflist}}

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