Eduard Hisinger

Eduard Viktor Eugène Hisinger (July 16, 1832 – October 23, 1904) was a Finnish noble landowner, politician and botanist in Fagervik.

He wrote a flora of Fagervik, as well as the first book on the edible mushrooms of Finland and promoted agriculture.

[2] Hisinger took an interest in nature from an early age and was initially tutored at home and completed high school in 1850 and graduated in 1855 from the University of Helsinki with a degree in philosophy.

In 1860 he wrote a book on the edible mushrooms during a period of famine on the request of the Finnish Economic Society.

[5][6] Hisinger was a member of the Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, where he often attended meetings despite increasing deafness.