Harry D. Thiers

Who was Harry D. Thiers?

Harry Delbert Thiers, born January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas, died August 8, 2000 in Ohio, was an American mycologist who studied and named a great many fungi of native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco State University for many years, and a number of notable mycologists active as of the 2000s began as his students. He comprehensively revised and expanded on the North American collection of boletes and named many new species.

Species authored include:

Boletus amygdalinus

Boletus barrowsii

Boletus dryophilus

Boletus pulcherrimus

Gymnopilus luteoviridis

Leccinum manzanitae

Russula xanthoporphyrea

The genus Chaetothiersia was named in his honor.