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André Aptroot (Heemskerk, 1961) is a Dutch mycologist and lichenologist.
In 1993 he did his PhD at the University of Utrecht on the taxonomy and phylogeny of pyrenocape lichens with Robbert Gradstein (nl).
He specializes in fungi and lichens on which he has several publications to his name. He has worked as curator at Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures which is the Dutch Central Bureau of fungal cultures and is a research institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), initially in Baarn and later in Utrecht.
Aptroot is employed at the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten. At the Dutch Species Register (nl) he is a specialist in lichens. He is the founder of the Consultancy for Bryology and Lichenology which is located in Soest where there is a herbarium with a collection of lichens mainly from the Netherlands and the tropics. From 2008 he has been collection manager at Pinetum Blijdenstein (nl) in Hilversum. He is a member of the International Association for Lichenology and the American Bryological and Lichenological Society.
The fungus Didymella aptrootii is named after him.
Selected publications
- Lichen Tables Field Attributes, third edition André Aptroot, Jeugdbond Publishing (1990) (nl) ISBN 9051070128
- A Monograph of Didymosphaeri, André Aptroot: Studies in Mycology 37; 1-160 (1995)
- Endangered and Vulnerable Lichens in the Netherlands: Notes on the Red List, Aptroot, André et al. Information and Knowledge Centre, Nature and Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries (1998) (nl) ISSN 1384-6728
- Field Guide to Lichens, Cook Herk and André Aptroot KNNV Dutch Natural History Society (nl) Publishing (2004) ISBN 9050111750
- Two New Ascomycetes with long Gelatinous Appendages collected from Monocots in the Tropics, André Aptroot: Studies in Mycology 50: 307-311 2004