Professor Emeritus of Mycology
Cornell University
Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-2777 (Voice)
(607) 273-4357 (Fax)
Education
Ph. D. Cornell University, 1950
B.S. Cornell University, 1946
Professional Experience
1992- - Professor Emeritus of Mycology, Cornell University, Department of Plant Pathology & L. H. Bailey Hortorium
1961-92 Professor of Mycology, Cornell University, Department of Plant Pathology
1982-92 Professor of Botany, Cornell University, Bailey Hortorium
1985-86 Adjunct Professor & Chair, Cornell University, Department of Theatre Arts
1982 Visiting Lecturer, Academia Sinica, Institute of Microbiology, Beijing
1978 Adjunktvikar, Copenhagen University, Institut for Sporeplanter, Copenhagen
1969 Consulting Professor, University of the Ryukyus
1955-61 Associate Professor, Cornell University, Department of Plant Pathology
1957-58 Fulbright Research Professor, Yokohama National University
1951-55 Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Department of Plant Pathology
1950-51 Lecturer in Botany, Glasgow University (Scotland), Department of Botany
1947-50 Teaching Assistant, Cornell University, Department of Plant Pathology
Research Interests
Taxonomy and Nomenclature of fungi, especially Discomycetes.
Administration Duties
- Director Emeritus of Plant Pathology Herbarium, fifth largest US fungal herbarium,
- overseeing curation and managing loans of specimens to other institutions and use of the collections by staff, students, and visiting scientists.
Professional Organizations
- Mycological Society of America
- British Mycological Society
- Société Mycologique de France
- Mycological Society of Japan
- International Association of Plant Taxonomists
Honors & Awards
- British Mycological Society Centenary Fellow (1996)
- Gamma Sigma Delta Cornell Chapter 1992 Distinguished Teaching Award (1993)
- State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (1992)
- Distinguished Mycologist Award, Mycological Society of America (1991)
- Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, Université Catholique de Louvain (1972-73)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow (1957-58, declined)
- National Science Foundation Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Yokohama National University (1957-58)
Publications (10 years)
Korf, R. P. 2008. Nomenclatural notes. 12. Untangling Hedwig's Octospora villosa: Helvella fibrosa comb. nov. Mycotaxon 103: 307-312.
Korf, R. P. 2007d. Fungi of the protected landscape area of Vihorlat, by Sona Ripova, Slavomir Adamcik, Viktor Kucera, and Ladislav Palko. Mycotaxon 102: 437-438.
Korf, R. P. 2007c. MycoKey 2.1, by Thomas Laessoe and Jens H. Petersen. Mycotaxon 102: 434-435.
Korf, R. P. 2007b. On the genus Solenopezia (Fungi: Lachnaceae) and ICBN Art. 58-a sleeping dog bites back. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 43: 29-32.
Korf, R. P. 2007a. A tribute to Grégoire Laurent Hennebert and Mycotaxon's 100th volume. Mycotaxon 100: 1-4.
Korf, R. P. 2005. Reinventing taxonomy: a curmudgeon's view of 250 years of fungal taxonomy, the crisis in biodiversity, and the pitfalls of the phylogenetic age. Mycotaxon 93: 407-415.
Hodge, K. T., W. Gams, R. A. Samson, R. P. Korf, & K. A. Seifert. 2005. Lectotypification and status of Isaria Pers. : Fr. Taxon 54: 485-489.
Gams, W., K. T. Hodge, R. A. Samson, R. P. Korf, & K. A. Seifert. 2005, (1684) Proposal to conserve the name Isaria (anamorphic fungi) with a conserved type. Taxon 54: 537.
Gams, W,, R. P. Korf, J. I. Pitt, D. L. Hawksworth, M. L. Berbee, & P. M. Kirk, edited by K. A. Seifert. 2003. Has dual nomenclature for fungi run its course? The Article 59 debate. Mycotaxon 88: 493-508.
Korf, R. P. 2003. Mycotaxon gets a face-lift. Inoculum [suppl. to Mycologia] 56(6): 7.
Lizon, P. & R. P. Korf. 2003. Editorial changes coming for Mycotaxon. Mycotaxon 86: 529-530
Korf, R. P. 2002b. S. C. Teng, a Fitzpatrick student, a model taxonomist. Mycosystema 21: 473-474
Korf, R. P. 2002a. Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi, by Paul M. Kirk, Paul F. Cannon, John C. David & Joost A. Stalpers, ed. 9. Mycotaxon 82: 475.
Korf, R. P. 2001c. A cautionary tale: on publishing, pirating, copyright infringement, and slander. Inoculum [suppl. to Mycologia] 52(4): 26.
Korf, R. P. 2001b. Molecules, Morphology and Classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the ascomycetes, edited by Keith A. Seifert, Walter Gams, Pedro W. Crous, and Gary J. Samuels. Mycotaxon 77: 499-500.
Korf, R. P. 2001a. Amphithallic; Aneuploid; Apothecium; Ascocarp; Ascoconidium; Ascomycete; Ascospore;Ascus; Binucleate; Bulbil; Clamp Connection; Cleistothecium; Coenocytic; Dikaryotic; Diploid; Fungus; Haploid; Haustorium; Heterokaryosis;Heterothallic; Homokaryosis; Homothallic; Hypha; Hyphopodium; Hysterothecium; Mating Incompatibility; Mating Type; Microsclerotium; Monokaryotic; Multinucleate; Mycelial Fan; Mycelial Mat; Mycelium; Mycology; Nuclear Condition; Parasexual Cycle; Perithecium; Polyploid; Pseudohomothallic; Pseudothecium; Rhizomorph; Runner Hyphae; Sclerotium; Septate, in O. C. Maloy & T. D. Murray [eds.], Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. 2 vols. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Korf, R. P. & P. Lizon. 2001. The status of the ordinal name Leotiales. Czech Mycol. 52: 255-257.(2000.)
Agerer, R., J. Ammirati, T. J. Baroni, P. Blanz, R. Courtecuisse, D. E. Desjardin, W. Gams, N. Hallenberg, R. Halling, D. L. Hawksworth, E. Horak, R. P. Korf, G. M. Mueller, F. Oberwinkler, G. Rambold, R. C. Summerbell, D. Triebel & R. Watling. 2000. Open letter to the scientific community of mycologists: Provide voucher specimens. [Title varies.] Appl. Soil Ecol. 15: 295-298, 2000, Can. J. Bot. 78: 981-983, 2000, Czech Mycol. 52: 189-194, 2000, Inoculum [suppl. to Mycologia] 51(5): 2-4, 2000, Mycol. Res.104: 642-644, 2000, Mycorrhiza 10: 95-97, 2000, Mycotaxon 76: 489-493, 2000, Nordic J. Bot. 20: 221-224, 2000, Nova Hedwigia 71: 539-543, 2000, Plant Biol. 2: 1-3, 2000.
Korf, R. P. 2000b. Two corrections to the Cornell genealogy of mycologists. Mycotaxon 76: 343-344.
Korf, R. P. & P. Lizon. 2000b. Important notes to authors on abstracts and keywords. Mycotaxon 75: 511
Korf, R. P. & P. Lizon. 2000a. Validation of Nannfeldt's ordinal name Helotiales. Mycotaxon 75: 501-502
Korf, R. P. 2000a. Pezoloma kathiae sp. nov. (Ascomycetes; Leotiales, Leotiaceae), and its placement in a new subgenus, Phaeopezoloma. Mycotaxon 73: 493-497. [1999.]
Iturriaga, T., R. P. Korf & J. F. Babcock. 1999. Fungi on Epifagus: Crocicreas epifagicola sp. nov., with comments on the generic names Crocicreas and Cyathicula. Mycol. Res. 103: 28-30.
Gettelman, K. D., R. P. Korf, S. C. Gruff & I. F. Korf. 1998. Mycotaxon Cumulative Index for Volumes XLI-LX (1991-1996). Ithaca: Mycotaxon, Ltd., 296 pp.
Boidin, J. & R. P. Korf. 1998. Comments on the names Trametaceae, Coriolaceae, and Trametales. Mycotaxon 68: 497-498.
Iturriaga, T., R. P. Korf & P. Lizon. 1998. Zugazaea agyrioides, an odd new genus and species from Macaronesia. Mycologia 90: 697-700.
Yáñez-Morales, M. de J., R. P. Korf & J. F. Babcock. 1998. Fungi on Epifagus (Orobanchaceae) I. On Sclerotium orobanches and its Phoma synanamorph. Mycotaxon 67: 275-286.
Lizon, P., T. Iturriaga & R. P. Korf. 1998. A preliminary discomycete flora of Macaronesia: part 18, Leotiales. Mycotaxon 68: 73-83.