On 23 January 2012, our dear friend Ovidiu Constantinescu passed away at the age of 79 years. The last years he lived in Sweden in a rather retired way, but still with eager interest in his two passions, jazz and mycology.
Ovidiu was born in Constanţa in Romania, the place by the Black Sea where the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso, whose name he got, had lived in exile. Ovidiu was keen in literature and particularly admired the work of Dostoyevsky. Before his studies at Bucharest University, Ovidiu graduated at a military school. He entered the Biological Institute of Bucharest (started in 1949), which had a great mycological tradition from its founder Traian Săvulescu (1889–1963) and his wife Alice. Ovidiu had very good relationships with the Săvulescu family ever since his years as a student. Both Traian and Alice were his university professors and also his mentors. Being an appreciated student, Ovidiu was often invited to the Săvulescu home where he helped them organize their huge and very valuable home library. The relationship continued over the years, when Ovidiu had a position as researcher. He defended his thesis at Bucharest university in 1970 and kept positions as assistant and curator at the Mycological Herbarium at the Biological Institute, where he worked with Gavril Negrean, and published 24 fascicles of the Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum, one of the most important recent herbarium series from Europe. He worked in Bucharest for many years as a passionate mycologist. He reorganized the mycological herbarium and increased its collections from a beginning of some 36,000 specimens (mostly from Traian Săvulescu) to, recently, about 128,000. Over the years, Herbarium BUCM has become one of the largest and most modern of its kind in Europe, but is, with Negrean’s retirement, in a sleeping state. The acronym BUCM applies to the Mycology Herbarium, BUCA to the general Herbarium of the Institute, and BUCA-Zahariadi to the Constantin Zahariadi Herbarium, collections of his highly appreciated botanical mentor. Ovidiu had a very broad interest in the taxonomy of various groups of fungi growing on plants. At that time he had produced about 50 scientific publications. His interest in downy mildews of the Peronosporales arose early. Participating in the project “Flora Criptogamică in Romania” he and his collaborators noted several novelties in this field for Europe, e.g. Plasmopara (Bremiella) baudysii Skalický and P. skvortzovii Miura 1930, as well as numerous taxa new to Romania and many new host records. They participated in the scientific exploration of several Romanian national or natural parks, Munţii Bucegi, Muntele Cozia, Cheile-Nerei-Beuşniţa, Delta Dunării, Porţile de Fier, Domogled-Valea Cernei, Masivul Piatra Craiului, Munţii Rodnei, and others.
Ovidiu had a good knowledge of languages, so he could particularly follow the wealth of Russian literature. But he also published manuscripts in five languages (English, French, German, Romanian, and Swedish), and his bibliography usually contained references in many more. What he tackled had to be documented completely. His book on mycological methods published in 1974 is the best documented survey in this field of that time. Although it is published in Romanian only, I consult it sometimes because of its completeness and connection of all methods with the original authorship.
Our contact dates back to 1971 when Ovidiu and W.G attended the first International Mycological Congress in Exeter and he visited the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures (CBS) in Baarn. Since then an intense correspondence subsisted with CBS and many mycologists all over the world. Ovidiu was extremely keen to keep abreast with the mycological literature, which he hardly could acquire directly in his country. Thus, he mainly acquired books and reprints using his herbarium specimens as a basis for exchange.
He visited the CBS again in 1978. He was very dissatisfied with the political situation in his country, being frantically opposed to joining the communist party, and decided to remain abroad as long as the Ceausescu regime was lasting. His then almost divorced wife was, however, concerned about consequences of his defection for the career of her son in the communist regime; she persuaded him to return and he went back to his country in great despair. At that time he could have obtained a position at CBS as an Oomycete expert.
Ovidiu was determined to leave his country again. It took us some effort with the assistance of David Hawksworth to force the communist director of the institute to let him go. The position at CBS was then no longer available. Ovidiu came to the Netherlands in 1982 and worked at CBS in Baarn for a few weeks. During this time, his wife’s son died in an accident in the mountains and Ovidiu’s return to Romania had in fact been of no avail. We could then only assist him in applying for a permit to stay and work in Sweden, which he eventually received.
In 1984 Uppsala university got money to support a scientist with the task of identification and preservation of living collections. It was called “Uppsala university culture collection” (Mykoteket) at the Institute for Systematic Botany of the University of Uppsala. Because of his expert knowledge, Ovidiu was the candidate of choice. He then devoted about 20 years of his life to run Mykoteket. Under his guidance Mykoteket was very active and the annual reports show thousands of identifications but also selling of cultures internationally. With a capacity as Ovidiu it was attempted to start a national center for fungal cultures in Uppsala, but for various reasons this was not successful. As long as his health permitted he worked with the cultures, but the last 10 years he devoted to closing the project and safeguarding the cultures in various international collections.
In 1983 he continued his specialization in the taxonomy of the Peronosporales. With his complete documentation of the relevant literature, and in collaboration with Jamshid Fatehi, Hermann Voglmayr, Young-Joon Choi and M.T., who did molecular work, this became the most successful part of his scientific output. His careful observations resulted in the descriptions of six new genera, after there had been a gap of more than 30 years in which no new genus was added to the Peronosporaceae. All of the genera described by him have been adopted by the scientific community, and also the two described before the use of molecular tools, Benua and Paraperonospora, were later confirmed by molecular phylogenies. The genera Hyaloperonospora, Perofascia, Plasmoverna and Novotelnova followed, all of which were based on both phylogenetic position and morphological distinctiveness. In addition, he described several new species of downy mildews and made numerous new combinations. His contributions to the taxonomy of oomycetes are thus outstanding and his annotated list of Peronospora names, which was published in 1993, is still the most complete and carefully conducted monograph of the genus Peronospora, with detailed taxonomic observations for all of its roughly 500 species.
W.G. visited Ovidiu in Sweden in 1987 and 1989. Ovidiu was selective in which conferences he attended, but in 2000 he attended the symposium “Molecules, morphology and classification: Towards monophyletic genera in the Ascomycetes” in Amsterdam, demonstrating that he had also retained his interest in ascomycetes. From Sweden he returned repeatedly to Romania to see and support his friends during critical years. In the eighties and nineties he was sometimes accompanied by Roland Moberg, meeting promising students there. When back in Romania he really felt at home; but he also welcomed M.T. upon their first meeting in Uppsala with the words “Welcome to my country!” (which also showed his love for classic literature).
Ovidiu visited Bomarzo in Italy in 2006 and 2007. He complained about the cold winters in Sweden but did unfortunately not get the chance to settle in a warmer country.
Acknowledgment
We are greatly indebted to his niece, Alexandra Constantinescu, Vadim Mel’nik, Roland Moberg, Jamshid Fatehi and Gavril Negrean for additional information while compiling this obituary.
Open Access
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
List of Constantinescu’s publications (chronological)
Constantinescu O. 1959. Cîteva micromicete noi pentru ţara noastră. [New records of microfungi in Romania]. Comunle Acad. Rep. Pop. Rom. 9: 453-458.
Constantinescu O. 1961. Contribuţie la micoflora R. P. R. [Contributions to the mycoflora of the Romanian People’s Republic]. Comunle. Acad. Rep. Rom. 11: 679–687.
Stanescu N, Constantinescu O. 1961. [Attempts to control the bacterial canker of tomatoes by antibiotics]. Comunle. Acad. Rep. Rom. 11: 1374–1381.
Constantinescu O. 1962. Contribuţii la cunoaşterea speciilor de Septoria Fr. din microflora R. P. R. [Contribution to the study of Septoria species in the mycoflora of the Romanian People’s Republic]. Comunle. Acad. Rep. Rom. 12(12): 1319–1325.
Constantinescu O. 1962. [Diseases of fodder plants]. In Săvulescu T. (ed.): Phytosanitary survey of Romania during 1958–1959, pp. 30–33.
Constantinescu O. 1963. [Diseases of fodder plants]. In Săvulescu T. (ed.): Phytosanitary survey of Romania during 1959–1960, pp. 22–26.
Constantinescu O, Dihoru G. 1963. Contribuţii la cunoaşterea micoflorei R. P. R. [Contribution to the Romanian mycoflora]. Comunle. Acad. Rep. Rom. 13: 885–890.
Săvulescu T, Stanescu N, Constantinescu O. 1963. Investigations on the penetration and translocation of certain antibiotics in tomato plants. Revue Biol., Bucuresti 8: 409–417.
Constantinescu O, Dihoru G. 1964. Noutăti micologice în flora Ungariei. [New mycological records in the Hungarian flora]. Natura, Bucuresti, Ser. Biol. 1964(3): 86–87.
Constantinescu O. 1965. Contribuţii la cunoaşterea speciilor genului Cercospora Fres. [Contribution to the knowledge of Cercospora species]. Studii Cerc. Biol., Ser. Bot. 17: 171–176.
Constantinescu O. 1965. Investigations on Cercospora species parasitic on Helianthemum plants. Revue roum. Biol., Sér. Bot. 10: 521–525.
Constantinescu O. 1967. [New records of Cercospora from Romania]. Studii Cerc. Biol., Ser. Bot. 19: 457–462.
Constantinescu O. 1967. La nomenclature du Cercospora parasite sur Psoralea. Revue Mycol. 32: 104–107.
Bontea V, Constantinescu O. 1967. Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum “Tr. Săvulescu”. Schedae fasc. 36–37 (No. 1751–1850), 36 pp.
Bontea V, Constantinescu O. 1968. Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum “Tr. Săvulescu”. Schedae fasc. I–XIX (No. 1–950), Bucureşti. Pp. i–iv + 1–481,
Bontea V, Constantinescu O. 1968. Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum “Tr. Săvulescu”. Schedae fasc. XX–XXXV (No. 951–1750), and indexes for fasc. 1–35, Bucureşti. Pp. i–ii, 481–957.
Constantinescu O. 1968. Plasmopara ammi sp. nov. Sydowia 20 (1966, but published 1968): 268–270.
Constantinescu O, Dihoru G. 1968. Contribuţii la microflora Dobrogii. [Contribution to the mycoflora in Dobrogea]. Studii Cerc. Biol., Ser. Bot. 20: 89–93.
Săvulescu T, Bontea V, Constantinescu O. 1968. Considérations sur le but et le role des collections dans un institute de biologie. Trav. Mus. Hist. nat. Gr. Antipa 8: 107–110.
Constantinescu O. 1968. Studiul monografic al speciilor de Cercospora din flora R. S. România. [A monographic study of Romanian Cercospora species]. Teză de doctorat, Academia Română, Institutul de Biologie T. Săvulescu, 162 pp., 83 plates. dactylo + 82 Pl.
Constantinescu O. 1969. Studiul monografic al speciilor de Cercospora din flora R. S. România. [Monographic study of Cercospora species in the flora of Rumania]. Rezulmat teză de doctorat, Bucureşti, Inst. Biol. ‘T. Săvulescu’, 19 pp. (multipl.).
Constantinescu O, Dihoru G. 1969. Adãugiri la Uredinoflora României .[Addition to Rumanian Uredinales]. Studii Cerc. Biol. Ser. Bot. 21: 75–77.
Constantinescu O. 1969. Colony characteristics of some Cercospoora species. Rev. Roum. Biol., Ser. Bot. 14: 389–394.
Constantinescu O. 1970. Cercospora ailanthi and Spermospora impatientis as synonyms of Centrospora acerina. Rev. Roum. Biol., Ser. Bot. 15: 39-44.
Constantinescu O. 1970. Plantele test şi delimitarea unor taxoni la genul Cercospora. [The plant test and the delimitation of some taxa in the genus Cercospora]. Microbiologia, Bucuresti 1 (Lucrările Conf. Naţ. Microbiol. Gener. aplic. 1968).: 321–324.
Constantinescu O, Dihoru G. 1970. Notes on Puccinia desmazieresi. Revue Roum. Biol., Sér. Bot. 15: 307–310.
Eliade E, Constantinescu O. 1970. Noutăţi micofloristice din zona “Porţile de Fier” [Mycological novelties from the ‘Iron Gates’ area, Romania]. Acta Bot. Horti bucurest. (Lucr. Grad. Bot. Buc.) 1968: 123–128.
Constantinescu O. 1971. Experimental proof of Cercospora microsora and C. exitiosa identity. Pl. Dis. Reptr 55: 733–735.
Constantinescu O. 1972. Conservarea şi citarea materialelor micologice. [Preservation and citation of mycological material]. Studii şi Cercetări de Biologie. Ser. Bot. 24: 455–460.
Constantinescu O. 1972. Studies on Cercospora and similar fungi. I. Mycovellosiella concors comb. nov., and Cercosporidium cnidii sp. nov. Rev. Mycol. 38(3-4): 95-101.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1972. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Schedae fasc. 38–41 (No. 1851–2050), 69 pp.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1973. Adãugiri la Erysiphaceele României. [Additions to Rumanian Erysiphaceae]. Studii şi Cercetări de Biologie. Botanică 25: 279–286.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1974. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Schedae fasc. 42–45 (No. 2051–2250), 76 pp.
Constantinescu O. 1974. Probleme actuale in taxonomia ciupercilor. [Present problems in fungal taxonomy]. Proc. First Conf. Roumanian Phytopathologists, Craiova, 6–9 Sep. 1973: 13–20.
Constantinescu O. 1974. Metode si tehnici in micologie. Bucuresti: Ceres. 215 pp.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1975. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Schedae fasc. 46–50 (No. 2251–2500), 95 pp.
Constantinescu O. 1975. Revision of Cercospora species (Hyphomycetes) parasitic on Psoralea. Mycotaxon 3: 119–125.
Constantinescu O. 1975. Studies on Cercospora and similar fungi. I. Mycovellosiella concors comb. nov., and Cercosporidium cnidii sp. nov. Revue Mycol. 38: 95–101.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1977. Additions to Romanian Erysiphaceae. II. Sydowia 29 (1976–1977): 75–86.
Constantinescu O. 1977. Rolul herbarelor în cercetarea biologică. Pp. 173-178. In: R. Codreanu (red.), Probleme de biologie evoluţionistă - Taxonomie şi speciaţie. Bucureşti: Edit. Academiei Române.
Constantinescu O. 1978. Polymorphism of Mycocentrospora acerina. Rev. Mycol. 42:105-122.
Constantinescu O. 1978. [Problems in describing new fungal taxa]. In Codreanu R. (ed.): Probleme de Biologie Evolutionista. Taxonomie şi Speciatie. Editura Academiei, Bucuresti, p. 150–159.
Constantinescu O. 1978. [The role of herbaria in biological research]. In Codreanu R. (ed.): Probleme de Biologie Evolutionista. Taxonomie şi Speciatie. Editura Academiei, Bucuresti, p. 173–178.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1978. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Schedae fasc. 51–55 (No. 2501–2750), 67 pp.
Constantinescu O. 1979. Revision of Bremiella (Peronosporales). Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 72: 510–515.
De Hoog GS, Constantinescu O. 1981. A new species of Sporothrix from calf skin. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 47: 367–370.
Constantinescu O. & Negrean, G. 1981. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Schedae fasc. 56–60 (No. 2751–3000), 96 pp.
Negrean, G. & Constantinescu O. 1981. “Herbarium Mycologicum Romanicum”. Hosts and fungi indexes for fasc. 1–60 (Nos 1–3000), 106 pp.
Constantinescu O. 1982. Studies on Cercospora and similar fungi. II. New combinations in Cercospora and Mycovellosiella. Cryptog. Mycol. 3: 63–70.
Constantinescu O, Samson RA. 1982. Triadelphia, a pleomorphic genus of Hyphomycetes. Mycotaxon 15: 472-486.
Constantinescu O, Aa HA van der. 1982. Phoma flavigena sp.nov., from fresh water in Romania. Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 79: 343–345.
Constantinescu O. 1983. Deightoniella on Phragmites. Proc. K. Nederl. Akad. Wet., Sect. C, 86: 137–141.
Constantinescu O, Negrean G. 1983. Check-list of Romanian Peronosporales. Mycotaxon 16: 537–556.
Constantinescu O, Negrean G. 1983. Additions to Romanian Peronosporales. Feddes Repertorium 94: 263–277.
Constantinescu O, 1983. Dried reference fungal cultures. A review and a simpler technique. Bull. Br. Mycol. Soc. 17(2): 139–143.
Constantinescu O, Negrean G. 1983. A new Epipolaeum on Hippophae from Romania. Nova Hedwigia 38: 741–745.
Arx JA von, Constantinescu O. 1983. Callistospora and Creodiplodina, two coelomycetous genera from Australia. Persoonia 12: 95–97.
Constantinescu O, 1984. Taxonomic revision of Septoria-like fungi parasitic on Betulaceae. Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 83: 383–398.
Constantinescu O. 1985. Notes on Pseudoperonospora. Mycotaxon 24: 301–311.
Constantinescu O, Santesson R. 1987. Choreospora gen. nov., a new lichenicolous hyphomycete from Australia. Lichenologist 19: 177–181.
Constantinescu O, Moberg, R. 1987. Computer assistance and some time-saving routines in UPSC culture collection. Thunbergia 4: 1–8.
Constantinescu O, Jonsson L. 1987. Omfattande angrepp av Glomerella cingulata (Ascomycetes) på ‘Linnélagrarna’ (Laurus nobilis). Växtskyddsnotiser 51: 11–13.
Constantinescu O, Seifert KA. 1988. Polysynnema, a new genus of hyphomycetes. Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 90: 332–335.
Constantinescu O, 1988. An instrument and procedure for single-spore isolation. Trans. Br. Mycol. Soc. 91: 700–702.
Constantinescu O, Moberg R. 1988. Computer assistance and some time-saving routines in UPSC culture collection. Thunbergia 4: 1–8.
Constantinescu O, 1989. Peronospora complex on Compositae. Sydowia 41: 79–107.
Constantinescu O, Ryman S. 1989. A new Ophiostoma on polypores. Mycotaxon 34: 637–642.
Constantinescu O, Holm K, Holm L. 1989. Teleomorph-anamorph connections in ascomycetes. 1–3. Stanhughesia (Hyphomycetes) new genus, the anamorph of Ceramothyrium. Stud. Mycol. 31: 69–84.
Constantinescu O. 1990. Standardization in Penicillium identification. In Samson RA & Pitt J, eds: Modern concepts in Penicillium and Aspergillus classification. Nato ASI Series A, 185: 17–24.
Constantinescu O. 1991. An annotated list of Peronospora names. Thunbergia 15: 1–110.
Söderhall K, Dick MW, Clark G, Fürst M, Constantinescu O. 1991. Isolation of Saprolegnia parasitica from the crayfish Astacus leptodactylus. Aquaculture 92: 121–125.
Tibell L, Constantinescu O. 1991. Catenomycopsis rosea gen. et sp. nov. (Hyphomycetes), anamorph of Chaenothecopsis haematopus. Mycol. Res. 95: 556–560.
Constantinescu O. 1991. Bremiella sphaerosperma sp. nov. and Plasmopara borreriae comb. nov. Mycologia 83: 473–479.
Constantinescu O. 1991. Scolicosporium pauciseptatum nom. nov. Mycotaxon 41: 467–470.
Constantinescu O. 1992. The nomenclature of Plasmopara parasitic on Umbelliferae. Mycotaxon 43: 471–477.
Constantinescu O, Tibell L. 1992. Teleomorph-anamorph connections in ascomycetes 4. Arthropycnis praetermissa gen. and sp. nov., the anamorph of Rhynchostoma minutum. Nova Hedwigia 55: 169–177.
Constantinescu O. 1993. Teleomorph-anamorph connections in ascomycetes: Microdiplodia anamorph of Karstenula rhodostoma. Mycol. Res. 97: 377–380.
Söderhall K, Rantamäki J, Constantinescu O. 1993. Isolation of Trichosporon beigelii from the freshwater crayfish Astacus astacus. Aquaculture 115: 25–31.
Constantinescu O, Holm K, Holm L. 1995. Teleomorph-anamorph connections in Ascomycetes: the anamorphs of three species of Chaetosphaeria. Mycol. Res. 99: 585–592.
Constantinescu O. 1996. Paraperonospora apiculata sp. nov. Sydowia 48: 105–110.
Holm L, Constantinescu O. 1996. Proposals to Conserve or Reject. (1220) Proposal to conserve the name Sphaeria myriocarpa Fr.: Fr. (Fungi) with a conserved type. Taxon 45: 317.
Constantinescu O. 1996. Peronospora on Acaena (Rosaceae). Mycotaxon 58: 313–318.
Constantinescu O. 1996. Paraperonospora apiculata sp. nov. Sydowia 48: 105–110.
Negrean, G.; Constantinescu O. 1997. Melanotaenium adoxae revisited. Mycotaxon 61: 359–362.
Constantinescu O, Negrean G. 1997. Peronospora on Fragaria. Mycotaxon 63: 189–194.
Constantinescu O. 1998. A revision of Basidiophora (Chromista, Peronosporales). Nova Hedwigia 66: 251–265.
Constantinescu O. 2000. The fine structure of the sporangium in Pseudoperonospora humuli (Chromista, Oomycota, Peronosporales). Cryptog. Mycol. 21: 93–101.
Constantinescu O. 2002. (1556) Proposal to conserve the name Peronospora lunariae against P. senecionis (Chromista, Peronosporales). Taxon 51: 803.
Constantinescu O. 2002. The genus Chlorospora Spegazzini, an anamorphic fungus. Sydowia 54: 137–141.
Constantinescu O, Fatehi, J. 2002. Peronospora-like fungi (Chromista, Peronosporales) parasitic on Brassicaceae and related hosts. Nova Hedwigia 74: 291–338.
Constantinescu O. 2002. Plasmopara orientalis sp. nov. (Chromista, Peronosporales). Sydowia 54: 129–136.
Constantinescu O. 2004. The nomenclature of Plasmopara (Chromista, Peronosporales) parasitic on Geraniaceae. Taxon 53: 523–525.
Negrean G, Constantinescu O, Denchev CM. 2004. Addition to the Peronosporales of Bulgaria. Mycol. Balcan. 1: 69–72.
Constantinescu O, Denchev CM. 2004. Note on some Peronosporales described from Bulgaria. Mycol. Balcan. 1: 193–194.
Lane CR, Beales PA, O'Neill TM, McPherson GM, Finlay AR, David J, Constantinescu O & Henricot B. 2005. First report of Impatiens downy mildew (Plasmopara obducens) in the UK. Pl. Pathol. 54: 243.
Constantinescu O, Voglmayr H, Fatehi, Thines M. 2005. Plasmoverna gen. nov., and the taxonomy and nomenclature of Plasmopara (Chromista, Peronosporales). Taxon 54: 813–821.
Constantinescu O. 2006. Albuginales and Peronosporales (Chromista) reported from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. (2006)
Constantinescu O, Thines M. 2006. Dimorphism of sporangia in Albuginaceae (Chromista, Peronosporomycetes). Sydowia 58: 178–190.
Constantinescu O, Mel'nik VA, Verkley GJM. 2006. Two parasitic fungi on a new host, Syringa (Oleaceae). Mycotaxon 94: 175–179.
Voglmayr H, Fatehi J, Constantinescu O. 2006. Revision of Plasmopara (Chromista, Peronosporales) parasitic on Geraniaceae. Mycol. Res. 110: 633–645.
Cunnington JH, Constantinescu O. 2006. Basidiophora entospora in Australia. Australas. Mycol. 25: 58–60.
García-Blázquez G, Constantinescu O, Tellería MT, Martín MP. 2006. Preliminary check list of Albuginales and Peronosporales (Chromista) reported from the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Mycotaxon 98: 185–188.
Tănase C, Gjærum HB, Constantinescu O. 2007. Puccinia bornmuelleri on cultivated Levisticum. Mycol. Balcan. 4: 75–76.
Choi YJ, Constantinescu O, Shin HD. 2007. A new downy-mildew of the Rosaceae: Peronospora oblatispora sp. nov. (Chromista, Peronosporales). Nova Hedwigia 85: 93–101.
Voglmayr H, Constantinescu O. 2008. Revision and reclassification of three Plasmopara species based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic data. Mycol. Res. 112: 487–501.
Constantinescu O, Thines M. 2010. Plasmopara halstedii is absent from Australia and New Zealand. Polish Bot. J. 55: 293–298.
Taxa described in honour of O. Constantinescu
Plasmopara constantinescui Voglmayr & Thines, 2007
Deightoniella constantinescui Melnik & Shabunin, 2011
Taxa described by O. Constantinescu in honour of others
Benua kellermanii (Ellis & Halst. ex Swingle) Constant., Nova Hedwigia 66(1-2): 259 (1998) (after Soviet mycologists Karpova-Benua and Benua)
Novotelnova scorzonerae Voglmayr & Constant., Mycol. Res. 112(5): 491 (2008) (after name of Nataliya Novotelnova who studied downy mildews on Compositae, especially Helianthus)
Plasmopara majevskii Constant. & Thines., Polish Bot. J. 55: 294 (2010). In honour of the polish mycologist Thomasz Majewski.
Rights and permissions
Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
About this article
Cite this article
Gams, W., Thines, M. Obituary for Ovidiu Constantinescu, 1933–2012. Mycol Progress 11, 593–597 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0833-y
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-012-0833-y