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{{Short description|Indian mycologist, professor and author}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix = Professor
| name = Anjali Roy
| image = Prof_Dr_Anjali_Roy.jpeg
| birth_date = April 1930
| birth_place = [[Rajshahi]]
| death_date = 22 January 2017
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| fields = [[Mycology]]
| workplaces = School of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta<br>University of Burdwan<br>Visva-Bharati University
| education = [[University of Calcutta]]
| doctoral_advisor = S. N. Banerjee
| academic_advisors = [[Mildred Katherine Nobles]]
| known_for = [[Taxonomy (biology)|Taxonomy]] of [[polypore]]s
}}
'''Anjali Roy''' (April 1930 – 22 January 2017) was an eminent Indian [[mycologist]] and academic. The [[fungus]] genus ''[[Royoporus]]'' is named in her honour.

==Early life==
Roy was born in April 1930 in [[Rajshahi]], then in [[British Raj|pre-Independence India]] and now in [[Bangladesh]]. She passed her [[matriculation]] examination from the girls' school there in 1945. She graduated with honors in [[botany]] from [[Presidency College, Calcutta]], and her post-graduation from Ballygunge Science College in 1952. She obtained a [[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]] from the [[Calcutta University]] under the guidance of S. N. Banerjee.<ref name="obit1">{{cite web |url=http://www.fungiindia.co.in/images/kavaka/48/Obituary.pdf |title=Obituary: Prof. Anjali Roy |last1=De |first1=Dr. Asit Baran |last2=Ranadive |first2=Dr. Kiran Ramchandra |date=30 June 2017 |editor-last=Atri |editor-first=N S |series=Kavaka (Transactions), Vol. 48 (1) |publisher=Mycological Society of India |page=68 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607014002/http://www.fungiindia.co.in/images/kavaka/48/Obituary.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early research and academics==
Roy's initial post-doctoral research, on the ''Coriolellus'', was conducted in Canada where she was mentored by [[Mildred K. Nobles]]. Returning to India, she began work as a [[medical mycology|medical mycologist]] in the [[Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine]]. In 1974, she joined the [[University of Burdwan]] as a [[lecturer]]. Five years later, she moved to the [[Visva-Bharati University]], where she remained until she retired in 1995. Roy as professor mentored 10 [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] students.<ref name="obit2">{{cite journal |title=Anjali Roy (1930–2017) |last1=De |first1= Asit Baran |last2=Ranadive |first2=Kiran Ramchandra |date=1 June 2017 |journal=IMA Fungus |volume=8 |issue=1 |doi=10.1007/BF03449430 |page=A23|doi-access=free }}</ref>

==Specialization in polypores==
[[File:Elmerina holophaea.jpg|thumb|180px|right|upright=2.0|''Elmerina holophaea'', a polypore with gills]]
Roy developed a lasting interest in wood-rotting [[polypore]]s, and devoted herself to the [[taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]] of the group of fungi, characterizing them based on [[morphology (biology)|morphology]], [[anatomy]], characteristics in [[Microbiological culture|cultures]], chemical responses, the type of rot they induced and their [[Mating in fungi|sexuality]]. She authored around 150 papers on the subject, and was published in authoritative journals in her field. She also served on the advisory committee of the ''Journal of Mycopathological Research'', the official journal of the Indian Mycological Society.<ref name="obit2" />

Roy's research culminated in a [[monograph]] titled ''Polyporaceae of India'' in 1996, a collaboration with her student Asit Baran De.<ref name="obit1" /> The monograph summarized 114 [[Polyporaceae]] species, based mainly on the authors' own material collected over a forty-year period from across India. Besides, they also studied the collections at many botanical institutions, especially in the Presidency College and the [[Forest Research Institute (India)|Forest Research Institute]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref name="nhbs">{{cite web |url=https://www.nhbs.com/polyporaceae-of-india-book |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012124324/https://www.nhbs.com/polyporaceae-of-india-book |archive-date=12 October 2022 |website=Natural History Book Service |access-date=12 October 2022 |title= Polyporaceae of India |url-status=live}}</ref>

De went on to [[eponym|name]] a genus of Polyporaceae, ''[[Royoporus]]'', in her honour.<ref name="obit2" />

Roy died on 22 January 2017.<ref name="obit1" />

==Bibliography==
'''Books:'''<ref name="biblio">{{cite web |url=https://www.ijcmas.com/vol-2-12/Kiran%20Ramchandra%20Ranadive.pdf |title=An overview of Aphyllophorales (wood rotting fungi) from India |last=Ranadive |first=Kiran Ramchandra |date=1 December 2013 |series=IJCMAS Vol 2, No. 12 (2013) ISSN: 2319-7706 |publisher=International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences|page=137 |access-date=12 October 2022}}</ref>
*Roy, Anjali and De, Asit Baran (1996). ''Polyporaceae of India''. International Book Distributors, Dehradun, India. pp. 309. {{ISBN|978-8170892137}}

'''Journal Articles:'''<ref name="biblio" />
*Studies on hyperpigmented form of ''Trichophyton rubrum''. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02132423 Mycopathol. 27:1–8] (1965).
*Anatomy of Indian Polyporaceae. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 22, (1968).
*A significant variation of ''Microsporum gypseum''. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02051329 Mycopathol. 37:45–48], (1969).
*Anatomy of India Polyporaceae V: ''Polyporus anthelminticus'' Berk. Visva Bharati Annals (Sc.) Part II. 14, 20–29, (1971).
*Some micro-structures in relation to Polyporaceae. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02063052 Mycopath. Mycol. Appl. 48, 111–119], (1972).
*Record of ''Poria xylostromatoides'' from India. Sci. and Cult., 39,179–398, (1973).
*Anatomy of India Polyporaceae VI: ''Hexagonia discopoda'' and ''H. sulcata''. Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 29, 57–64, (1975).
*Structures of zones in fruiting bodies of Polyporaceae. Nova Hedwigia 27, 801-804, (1976).
*Taxonomy of ''Fomes durissimus''. Mycologia 71, 1005–1009, (1979).
*Studies on Indian Polypores IV, Morphological and cultural characters of ''Polyporus grammocephalus''. Mycologia 73 (1), 150–156, (1981).
*Studies on Indian Polypores.VI. Morphological and cultural characters of ''Irpex flavus'' Klotzch. Nova Hedwigia. 34, 259–263, (1981).
*Studies on Indian Polypores-VIII. Morphological and Cultural characters of ''Ganoderma colossum'' (Fr.) Torrend. Ibid. 35, 749–754, (1981).
*Studies on Indian Polypores.V. Morphological and cultural characters of ''Trametes cubensis''. Can. J. Bot. 60, 192–1015, (1982).
*Hyphal system in [[Aphyllophorales]] and their respective evolution. Science and Culture 48, 372–376, (1982).
*Wood-rotting fungi and their role in tree ecosystem. Science and Culture 48, 246–268, (1983).
*New records of two wood rotting fungi from India. Indian Forester 11(2), With Mitra, A and Dutta, S (1985).
*Lignin Biodegradation - Present status and future. ''Current Science'' 56, 350-353, (1987).
*Cultural characters and mating system of ''Trametes lactinea''. Nova Hedwigia 44, 121–124, (1987).
*Beta-glucosidase of a white-rot fungus ''Trametes gibbosa''. Biochem. Internat. 28(5), With Bhattacharjee, B and Majumder, A L (1992).
*Taxonomy of ''Hexagonia scutellata'' comb. nov. J. Mycopath., With De, Asit Baran (1998).

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