Jean Louis Lucand
Jean Louis Lucand (11 November 1821, Beauvilliers, Yonne – 19 November 1896) was a French mycologist and mycological artist. A career soldier, he served in the French military from 1842 to 1873. In 1866 he was named captain and a chevalier in the Legion of Honor.
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Jean Louis Lucand
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- Jean Louis Lucand was born on 11 November 1821. · Beauvilliers.
- Died
- Jean Louis Lucand died on 27 November 1896.
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- France
- Occupation
- mycologist · botanist · military officer · illustrator
- Languages
- French
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Jean Louis Lucand (11 November 1821, Beauvilliers, Yonne – 19 November 1896) was a French mycologist and mycological artist. A career soldier, he served in the French military from 1842 to 1873. In 1866 he was named captain and a chevalier in the Legion of Honor.
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Following retirement from the army, he moved to the community of Autun, where he focused his energies on mycology. He was a founding member of the Société mycologique de France, and also a member of the Société d'histoire naturelle du Creusot and the Société d'histoire naturelle et des amis du muséum d'Autun. The species Rosa lucandiana was named in his honor by François-Xavier Gillot and Pierre Alfred Déséglise.
• "Drawings of mushrooms by Jean Louis Lucand" (published in 1875 in English) • Figures peintes de champignons de la France, suite à la geographie de Bulliard; fasc. 1-17. – Painted figures of mushrooms native to France, geography suite of Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, fascicles 1 to 17. • Champignons comestibles et vénéneux des environs d'Autun, 1886 – Edible and poisonous mushrooms from the vicinity of Autun. • Catalogue raisonné des champignons supérieurs (Hyménomyétes) des environs d'Autun et du département de Saône-et-Loire (with François-Xavier Gillot), 1891 - Catalogue raisonné of major fungi (Hymenomycete) from the vicinity of Autun, Saône-et-Loire. • Les Champignons de la France, suite à l' iconographie de Bulliard, 1892 – Mushrooms of France, iconography suite of Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard.
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The record continues: jean Louis Lucand is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded as a citizen of France. It is also recorded that jean Louis Lucand is recorded with the gender male. Born on 11 November 1821. Institutional cataloguing adds that jean Louis Lucand died on 27 November 1896. Recorded with the occupation mycologist. Institutional cataloguing adds that jean Louis Lucand is recorded with the occupation botanist. Recorded with the occupation botanical illustrator. Institutional cataloguing adds that jean Louis Lucand is recorded with the occupation military officer.
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Jean Louis Lucand was born at Beauvilliers.
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