Person
Walters, Neville E. M. (Nev) (1910? - 2004)
- Born
- 1910?
- Died
- 13 April 2004
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Mycologist and Solicitor
Summary
Nev Walters was a mycologist whose expertise was in wood-decaying fungi and timber preservation. After working as a solicitor for several years and serving with the British Army during WWII, he graduated with a BSc in 1950 and joined the CSIRO Division of Forest Products. His research included work on the natural durability of timber. He was particularly interested in Serpula lacrymans, a species exotic to Australia which attacked the poorly-ventilated underfloor of buildings. Walters was responsible for the establishment of an internationally significant collection of specimens and cultures of wood-inhabiting and wood destroying fungi. In 1999, to ensure the preservation of these collections, over 5,000 specimens (representing more than 830 species) were transferred to the National Herbarium of Victoria; the culture collection (approximately 2,100 cultures) was transferred to Ensis, a joint venture between the CSIRO Division of Building Research and Forest Research Australasia Ltd. Walters retired from CSIRO in 1977.
Details
Chronology
- 1950
- Education - BSc, University of Melbourne
- 1951
- Career event - Study Leave, Commonwealth Mycological Institute, United Kingdom
- 1951 - 1971
- Career position - Mycologist and timber preserver, CSIRO Division of Forest Products
- 1971 - 1977
- Career position - Mycologist and timber preserver, CSIRO Division of Forest Products
- 1977
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Marks, G.C.; Fuhrer, B.A.; and Walters, N.E.M., Tree Diseases in Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.: Forests Commission, Victoria, 1982), 149 pp. Details
- Walters, N. E. M., Australian house fungi (Highett, Vic.: CSIRO Division of Building Research, 1973), 39 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Johnson, Gary, 'Vale Nev Walters', Australasian mycologist, 24 (23) (2005), 47-9. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 23 June 2022