Elias Magnus Fries
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Elias Magnus Fries was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". In his works he described and assigned botanical names to thousands of fungus and lichen sp
Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Fries in old age
Building containing historical information on Elias Fries located in Femsjö
Lund University
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Lund University is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The univers
Elias Magnus Fries
…the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired an extensive knowledge of flowering plants from his father. In 1811 Fries entered Lund University where he studied under Carl Adolph Agardh and Anders Jahan Retzius. He obtained his doctorate in 1814. In the same year he was appointed an associate…
Lund University Main Building, built in 1882, designed by Helgo Zettervall
View of the Historical Museum building in the 19th century
The University Square in the 1910s
Kungshuset, the oldest university building (completed 1584)