Arsene Puttemans, Belgian-born Brazilian mycologist and landscape gardener (Bruxelles 28 February 1873 – Rio de Janeiro 03 May 1937)

Described the inflorescences disease of cauliflower caused by Alternaria brassicae Sacc. (1911)

Showed that the propagation of sugar cane mosaic was due to a Thrips species in Brazil (1926)

Reported the bean disease caused by Isariopsis griseola (1906)

Puccinia justiciae 1934 (rust of Achillea millefolium)

Uredo rochaei (rust of Myrciaria jaboticaba)

Puccinia cambucae (rust of Myrciaria plicato-costata)

 

DESCRIBED FUNGI SPECIES

Cercospora chrysanthemi 1911 (cercosporal leaf spot)

Cercospora eranthemi 1934

Colletotrichum perseanum 1934

Dactylella ulmi

Gloeosporium bombacis (1920)

Leptocapnodium brasiliensis 1904 (coffee fumagina) 

Limacina coffeicola 1904

Mycosphaerella arthraxonicola

Oidium begoniae 1911 

Puccinia camargoi 1930

Puccinia cambucae

Puccinia justiciae 1934

Uredo rochaei 

AUTHORED

Novo processo de “centragem” rápida da platina microscópica e “reperagem” (localização) ultrarápida dos objetos microscópicos

Novo sistema de mesa graduada para desenho microscópico, especialmente adaptada aos últimos modelos de microscópios binoculares

Nouvelles maladies de plantes cultivées. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 48:238, 1911

HONORS (Fungi)

Puttemansia Hennings 1902

Puttemansiella Hennings 1908