Jean Louis Émile Boudier

Jean Louis Émile Boudier (6 January 1828, in Garnay – 4 February 1920, in Blois) was a pharmacist who lived in Montmorency, France.

He published a fair amount about the Discomycetes and other areas of mycology.

In 1878, he retired as a pharmacist in order to devote his time to scientific research.

[1] He named several species including Amanita franchetii, Disciotis venosa, Ptychoverpa bohemica, and Trichoglossum hirsutum.

published Boudierella which is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae and named in Jean Louis Émile Boudier's honor.

Émile Boudier
Illustration of Megacollybia platyphylla by Émile Boudier, in Icones mycologicae.