František Smotlacha

František Smotlacha (born 30 January 1884 in Hradec Králové - died 18 June 1956 in Prague) was a Czech mycologist.

[1] He founded the Czechoslovak Mycological Society in 1921 together with Rudolf Veselý[2] and the leading journal of Czech mycology: Mykologický sborník - Časopis Českých Houbařů (known as the C.C.H.

He was also president of the Czechoslovak Jiujitsu Union and founder of collegiate sport in Czechoslovakia.

[3] His son, Miroslav Smotlacha, also became a mycologist.

Smotlacha described many species of fungi including He also wrote many books about fungi, both scientific and popular: his greatest success was Atlas hub jedlých a nejedlých; mycologia practica (14 editions 1947–1952) that described 78 "edible and non edible" mushrooms (with color photos).