{{Short description|German mycologist (1863–1946)}} '''Wilhelm Kirschstein''' (2 October 1863 - 1946 in Groß Behnitz bei Nauen) was a German schoolteacher and mycologist.
During his career, he taught classes in Rathenow and Berlin-Pankow.<ref name=BH>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33068796#page/580/mode/1up Biodiversity Heritage Library] Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications</ref> As a taxonomist, he described the mycological families Niessliaceae and Mytilinidiaceae<ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/8420 GBIF] Niessliaceae Kirschst.</ref><ref>[https://www.gbif.org/species/4821 GBIF] Mytilinidiaceae Kirschst.</ref> as well as naming numerous fungi genera and species.
The mycological genera ''Kirschsteinia'' <small>Syd., 1906</small> ''Kirschsteiniella'' <small>Petr., 1923</small> and ''Kirschsteiniothelia'' <small>D.Hawksw. (1985)</small> are all named in his honor.<ref name=BH/><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 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
== Selected bibliography == * ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten''. Verhandlungen des Botanischen Vereins der Provinz Brandenburg 66: 23-29., 1924 – Contributions to the knowledge of the Ascomycetes. * ''Neue und seltene Ascomyceten''. Annales Mycologici 33: 202-229., 1935 – New and rare Ascomycetes. * ''Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ascomyceten und ihrer Nebenformen besonders aus der Mark Brandenburg und dem Bayerischen Walde''. Annales Mycologici 34: 180-210., 1936 – Contributions to the knowledge of Ascomycetes and its variants, particularly from Mark Brandenburg and the Bavarian Forest. * ''Pilze: Sphaerellaceae''. Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg 7 (3): 305-448, 1938 – Fungi: Sphaerellaceae. * ''Über neue, seltene und kritische Ascomyceten und Fungi Imperfecti''. I. Annales Mycologici 36 (5-6): 367-400., 1938 – About new, rare and critical Ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti.<ref>[http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cgi-bin/bibquery.pl?author=kirschstein,%20w. Cybertruffle] Publications</ref>
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