# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/orson-k-miller-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:39:59.944Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/orson-k-miller-jr"
name: "Orson K. Miller Jr."
slug: "orson-k-miller-jr"
description: "Orson Knapp Miller Jr. was an American mycologist. He published numerous papers in mycology and was responsible for the naming of many taxa, as well as being one of the authors erecting the genus Chroogomphus. He described Omphalotus olivascens, several species of Amanita, and the ghoul fungus Hebeloma aminophilum."
tagline: "American botanist (1930-2006)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-12-19"
deathDate: "2006-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump