Darwin Correspondence Project

Russian botanist, mycologist, and algologist. Graduated, St Petersburg University, 1858, then studied with Anton de Bary in Freiburg. Completed a masters degree at St Petersburg with a dissertation on the developmental phases of algae, 1861; doctorate in botany, Novorossysk University, Odessa, 1874. Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1898. Worked on various fungal parasites, and discovered the fungi that cause ergotism in rye. Considered the founder of phytopathology in Russia.