May, Thomas (Tom) William   (fl. 1980s - 2020s)

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Tom May is a mycologist and the curator of the fungal collection at the National Herbarium of Victoria where he specialises in the taxonomy and ecology of Australian macrofungi.

He is most notable for the comprehensive bibliographical lists of all Australian fungi published thus far; FoA Volume 2A, published in 1997, and FoA Volume 2B, published in 2003; as well as the originator of Fungimap, an Australia-wide fungal mapping scheme based on observations of 100 easily identified macrofungi.

Tom has research interests in the taxonomy, ecology and conservation of larger fungi, and in related historical, bibliographic and nomenclatural aspects. Genera currently under study include the agarics Laccaria and Cortinarius (especially the subgenus Dermocybe) and the disc-fungus Banksiamyces.

Tom has been the lead author in an ongoing project to produce a catalogue of Australian fungi, several volumes of which have been published in the Fungi of Australia series. He is currently working on an interactive key to the genera of Australian agarics.

May was awarded the 2014 Australian Natural History Medallion.

Source: Extracted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_May_(mycologist)
http://old.rbg.vic.gov.au/staff/tom-may
Portrait Photo: Extracted from: ASBS Conference, 2023, Keynote speakers program.

Collecting localities for 'May, T.W.' from AVH (2022)

Data from 881 specimens