Heinrich Simon Ludwig Friedrich Felix Rehm (20 October 1828, Ederheim – 1 April 1916, Munich)Projekt Runeberg (biography in Swedish) was a German mycologist and lichenologist. He studied at the University of Erlangen, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and Heidelberg University, obtaining his medical doctorate in 1852. During his career, he was a practicing physician in Dietenhofen (from 1854), Sugenheim (from 1857), and Windsheim (from 1871). In 1875, he became regional medical examiner in Lohr am Main.Biodiversity Heritage Library Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
Starting with 1870 until his death, Rehm distributed fungal specimens in the well-known exsiccata series, Ascomyceten. First alone, later with Ferdinand Christian Gustav Arnold as co-editor he issued the lichen exsiccata Cladoniae exsiccatae (1869-1895).Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2025 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
Publications (including published schedae of his exsiccata works) Rehm, H. 1874. Ascomyceten Fasc. 5: 201-250 ----. 1875. Ascomyceten 6: 251-300 ----. 1881, publ. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 20: 97-103 ----. 1882. Beiträge zur Ascomyceten-Flora der Deutschen Alpen und Voralpen. Hedwigia 21 (8): 113–123. ----. 1883. Ascomyceten Fasc. XV: 701-750 ----. 1883. Ascomycetes Lojkani Lecti in Hungaria, Transilvania et Galicia. [i-iv], -70. Berlin; Friedländer & Sohn ----. 1883. Ascomyceten fasc. XIV. Hedwigia 22: 52-61 ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVI. Hedwigia 24: 7-17 ----. 1885. Ascomyceten fasc. XVII. Hedwigia 24 (6): 225-246 ----. 1888. Ascomyceten 923, in sched. ----. 1888. Ascomyceten fasc. XIX. Hedwigia 27: 163-175 ----. 1889. Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. Dr L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Oesterreich und der Schweiz Zweite Auflage. Vol. 1. 3. Abth: Ascomyceten: Hysteriaceen und Discomyceten. 209-336 ----. 1889. Ascomyceten, Fasc. XX. Hedwigia 5: 347-358
Eponyms In 1861, the fungal genus Rehmia was named after him by lichenologist August von Krempelhuber, it is now a synonym of Rhizocarpon. Other mycological genera that were named after him include; Rehmiella , Neorehmia now Trichosphaerella, Rehmiellopsis now Delphinella, Rehmiodothis , Discorehmia and Rehmiomycella .
See also :Category:Taxa named by Heinrich Rehm
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