Robert Kühner (15 March 1903 in Paris – 27 February 1996 in Lyon) was a French mycologist most notable for reviewing many forms of agaric (mushroom fungus) genera.

He studied at the Sorbonne, afterwards from 1921 until 1932, he was working as a high school teacher in Lille.

Then, from 1938 until 1973, he was associated with the Faculty of Sciences at Lyon.

[1][2] He was honoured in 1946, with Kuehneromyces, which is a genus of fungi in the family Strophariaceae.

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