David H. Linder

David Hunt Linder (1899–1946)[1] was an American mycologist known for his work on the Helicosporous fungi and his dedications for the advancement of mycological knowledge.

He curated the Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany at Harvard University and founded a highly respected journal Farlowia.

Linder obtained his early education at the Noble and Greenough School for Boys in Dedham, Massachusetts.

1922-1926: Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University Linder continued his mycological studies under the supervision of two prominent mycologists, Dr. Roland Thaxter and Dr. William H. Weston Jr.

1939: Linder and his assistant, Miss Harris, started assembling a card index of 2335 pictures of botanists and mycologists ranging from group photographs to formal portraits.

1943: Linder founded Farlowia, a prestigious quarterly journal that included articles up to 100 pages, exclusively on non-vascular cryptograms and fungi.

Clearly, Linder spent a lot of time describing and illustrating fungal species and genera of this group, all of which produce helicore spores, hence the name Helicosporous fungi.

[14] Mycological Society of America: Linder was appointed the Secretary-Treasurer in 1936-1938, Vice President in 1939, and President in 1940 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1931)[15] Secretary of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists Members of various clubs, such as the Torrey Botanical Club, the New England Botanical Club [1], and the British Mycological Society Linder served in the Student Army Training Corps as a chemist during World War I.