Mall Vaasma was one of Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

's top mycologists. She graduated from the University of Tartu

University of Tartu

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 in 1974 with a degree in botany

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

. After her graduation, she worked as a senior lab assistant for Department of Mycology at the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany

Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany

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 from 1973 and at the Natural History Museum of the University of Tartu from 2008 until her death in 2009 after being struck by a car while crossing the road. She also co-authored a number of works on mushrooms.

External links

• Photo at Looduskalender (Estonian)
• News of her death on eElurikkus (Estonian)
• http://www.tartupostimees.ee/?id=197793News of her death on Postimees
  Postimees
  Postimees is an Estonian daily newspaper. It was established in 1 January 1857 by Johann Voldemar Jannsen and became Estonia's first daily newspaper in 1891....
  
  , December 7, 2009] (Estonian)