Rex Bertram Filson

Rex Bertram Filson (born 1930) is an Australian lichenologist who made major contributions to knowledge of lichens in Australia and Antarctica.

Rex Bertram Filson
Born1930  (age 91)
Sydney 
Alma materMonash University
Occupation
Awards
  • Churchill Fellowship (1971) 
Scientific career
Institutions
Author abbrev. (botany)Filson

Early in his career Filson worked as a carpenter in various places around Australia, and from 1961–1963 was employed as a carpenter by the Australian Antarctic Division. This was the start of his career as a lichenologist.

In 1964, he was employed by the Royal Botanic Gardens. Employment with the Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey followed (1964–1988), first as a seed-collector and finally as senior botanist.[1] During this period, he acquired a Master of Science (1979) and a Doctor of Science (1988) from Monash University.[1]

Filson Nunatak in Antarctica is named in his honour.[2]

His author abbreviation for citing a botanical name is Filson.[3]

Some taxa authored

An advanced search of the Mycobank database shows that he authored some 90 fungi,[4] including:

References
  1. Walker, R. (1997). "Filson, Rex Bertram – Biographical entry – Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. "Antarctica Detail: FILSON NUNATAK". geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "Index Fungorum – Fungal Name Author Details: "Filson, Rex Bertram"". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. "Search for taxa with (author contains "Filson")". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. "Index Fungorum - Names Record Buellia foecunda". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  6. Filson, R.B. (1966). The lichens and mosses of Mac. Robertson Land. 82. Melbourne: Dept. of External Affairs Australia, Antarctic Division. p. 34.
  7. "Mycobank: Cladia beaugleholei". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  8. R.B. Filson (April 1978). "A Revision of The Genus Heterodea Nyl". The Lichenologist. 10 (1): 18. doi:10.1017/S0024282978000043. ISSN 0024-2829. Wikidata Q99857872.
  9. "Mycobank: Xanthoparmelia elixii". www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  10. RB Filson (1984). "Xanthoparmelia elixii (Lichens), a new species from Australia and New Zealand". Brunonia. 7 (1): 203. doi:10.1071/BRU9840203. ISSN 0313-4245. Wikidata Q104215500.
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