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.

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Chronology

1950
Education - Bachelor of Science (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

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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

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