# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roy-watling
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:38:50.365Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roy-watling"
name: "Roy Watling"
slug: "roy-watling"
description: "Roy Watling is a Scottish mycologist who has made significant contributions to the study of fungi both in the identification of new species and correct taxonomic placement, as well as in fungal ecology."
tagline: "Scottish mycologist, Former Head of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1938"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.8
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.669222666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Roy Watling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Watling"
    title: "Roy Watling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Watling"
    title: "Roy Watling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Рой Вотлінг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B9"
    title: "Уотлинг, Рой"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Watling"
    title: "Roy Watling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15406995"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump