Vasiliǐ Matveievitch Czernajew (Russian: Василий Матвеевич Черняев; April 2, 1794 – March 6, 1871) was a Russian botanist responsible for collecting and describing at least 5 new genera and 9 new species^[1] of fungi between 1822 and 1839. His name is written in the Cyrillic alphabet and has appeared in scientific documentation with a number of different romanizations, including V. Czernajev, Basil Matveievich Czerniaiev,^[2] B.M. Czernaiev, B.M. Czernjaëv, B.M. Czernjaëw, V.M. Tschernaiew, V. Tschernajef,^[3] and V. Czerniaier,^[4] although the official abbreviation seems to be consistently written as Czern.^[5]

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Vasiliǐ Czernajew
Василий Черняев
Portrait of the botanist V. M. Czernajew
Born	(1794-04-02)2 April 1794 Zemlyansky Uyezd, Russian Empire
Died	6 March 1871(1871-03-06) (aged 76) Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	National University of Kharkiv
Children	1
Scientific career
Fields	Biology Botany Zoology Mycology
Institutions	National University of Kharkiv
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Czern.

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Czernajew was a botany professor at the University of Kharkiv and the director of the botanical garden there.^[6]

• "Nouveaux cryptogames de l'Ukraine et quelques mots sur la flore de ce pays" [New cryptogams of Ukraine and a few words about the flora of this country]. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (in French). 18 (2): 132–157. 1845. OCLC 79713598 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.