Lexemuel Ray Hesler | |
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Born |
Veedersburg, Indiana |
February 20, 1888
Died | November 20, 1977 | (aged 89)
Residence | United States |
Nationality | American |
Fields | Mycology |
Institutions | University of Tennessee |
Doctoral advisor | Mason B. Thomas |
Known for | Taxonomy of Agarics of the Southern Appalachians |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Hesler |
Lexemuel Ray Hesler (20 February 1888 – 20 November 1977) was an American mycologist. He was the son of Clinton F. Hesler and Laura Iris (née Youngblood). He obtained his B. A. degree with Wabash College in 1911 and his Ph.D. at the University of Cornell in 1914.