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Jan 30, 1884 Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic Died on 18 Jun 1956 (aged 72)
Czech mycologist
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About Frantiek Smotlacha
- František Smotlacha (born 30 January 1884 in Hradec Králové - died 18 June 1956 in Prague) was a Czech mycologist.
- He founded the Czechoslovak Mycological Society in 1921 together with Rudolf Veselý and the leading journal of Czech mycology: Mykologický sborník - Casopis Ceských Houbaru (known as the C.C.H.
- among mycologists) in 1919.
- He was also president of the Czechoslovak Jiujitsu Union and founder of collegiate sport in Czechoslovakia.
- His son, Miroslav Smotlacha, also became a mycologist. Smotlacha described many species of fungi including Boletus rhodopurpureus Morchella pragensis Boletus fuscoroseusHe also wrote many books about fungi, both scientific and popular: his greatest success was Atlas hub jedlých a nejedlých; mycologia practica (14 editions 1947-1952) that described 78 "edible and non edible" mushrooms (with color photos).
