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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. In
poverty, he would die in
Paris.
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