Marcel Bon

Marcel Bon (17 March 1925 – 11 May 2014)^[1] was one of France's best known field mycologists. He was born in Picardy in 1925 and came to mycology through general botany, and pharmacology.^[2] He lived at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, a quaint little town on the mouth of the river Somme, in Picardy, Northern France, which was a former artists' and writers' retreat, and is now a popular tourist town.

In 1987, along with two artists (John Wilkinson, and Denys Ovenden) he produced a comprehensive field guide for mycologists, The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe. His other skills were as a pianist, an artist, and a skier.

The standard author abbreviation Bon is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[3]

Bibliography

The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North Western Europe, Bon M., (1987) pub. Hodder and Stoughton.
- ISBN 0 340 39935 X (paperback)
- ISBN 0 340 39953 8 (hardback).
Les tricholomes de France et d'Europe occidentale, Bon. M, (1984) pub. Lechevalier (Paris).
Fungorum Rariorum Icones Coloratae, Part 15 Corinarius, Bon. M, (1986) pub. Lubrecht & Cramer Ltd.
Collins Pocket Guide; Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-Western Europe (Paperback), (2004) pub. HarperCollins Canada.

References

^ "CAFAM 2014" (PDF). fmbds.org. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ Marcel Bon (1987). The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North Western Europe. Hodder and Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-39935-X.
^ International Plant Names Index. Bon.