Colin Booth (9 December 1924, Scissett, West Yorkshire, UK – 9 April 2003, Somerset, Southwest England) was an English mycologist, known a leading authority on the genus Fusarium.
During WW II in 1941 he volunteered for the Royal Navy and served until 1943 when a spinal injury caused him to be invalided out.
[2] From 1969 to 1983, Booth was assistant director of Kew's International Mycological Institute (IMI).
[2] The work of William Laurence Gordon (1901–1963) had a major influence on Booth.
[2] Cyclosporin A (CS-A), a hendecapeptide isolated from the fungi Cylindrocarpon lucidum Booth and Trichoderma polysporum, is a potent immunosuppressive drug that proved valuable for preventing rejection of kidney transplants.