# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/egon-horak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:41:39.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/egon-horak"
name: "Egon Horak"
slug: "egon-horak"
description: "Egon Horak is an Austrian mycologist who has described more than 1000 species of fungi, including many from the Southern Hemisphere, particularly New Zealand and South America. He was an executive editor of the scientific journal Sydowia from 1975 to 1989, and a member of the editorial board afterwards."
tagline: "Austrian botanist and mycologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Austria"
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category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1937"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Egon Horak"
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    title: "إيغون هوراك"
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    title: "Egon Horak"
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    title: "Egon Horak"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Horak"
    title: "Egon Horak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Horak"
    title: "Egon Horak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Horak"
    title: "Egon Horak"
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    title: "Хорак, Эгон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Egon Horak"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump