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Christian Hendrik Persoon
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Christian Hendrik Persoon
(
1761
-
1836
) was a
mycologist
who made additions to
Linnaeus
'
mushroom
taxonomy
. He was influenced by
Elias Magnus Fries
. Persoon was born in
South Africa
, of
Dutch
and
German
descent. He died in
poverty
in
Paris
.