Bernhard Auerswald (March 19, 1818 – June 30, 1870[1]) was a German mycologist and professor from Leipzig.
[2] He participated[clarification needed] as chief correspondent of botany, sending[clarification needed] specimens that his colleague Heinrich Moritz Willkomm collected and sent to him from his expeditions.
The abbreviation Auersw.
is used when citing Auerswald as the author in scientific classification of vegetables.
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